BIZARRE ARREST
POLICE CATCH FIFITA THEN RELEASE
GOLD Coast Titans marquee signing David Fifita was arrested on Sunday – then released later without charge – after an incident at a private home in the south of the city.
Fifita was arrested after he was found at the Clear Island Waters home at about 8am on Sunday. It is understood he was invited to the home but went to the wrong room.
Fifita was taken to the Broadbeach Police Station but later released without charge. Queensland Police said investigations were ongoing.
The 20-year-old has signed a record $3m deal to play for the Titans.
He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and grew up playing at Keebra Park State High School.
A Titans spokesman released a short statement on Sunday night.
“The Gold Coast Titans have been made aware of an incident involving one of the club’s players,” he said.
“The NRL integrity unit have been notified.”
An NRL spokesman on Sunday said the incident had been referred to the integrity unit.
“The Gold Coast Titans have reported an alleged incident involving David Fifita to the integrity unit,” the spokesman said in a statement.
“The integrity unit is liaising with both the Queensland Police and the club,” he added.
Fifita had previously spent three days behind bars in a Bali prison after he was accused of allegedly assaulting a security guard outside a Seminyak nightclub in 2019.
The young footballer, who was aged 19 at the time, along with the help of the Brisbane Broncos reached “a peace agreement” with Dani Irawan, who was a security guard at La Favela nightclub.
Fifita was accused of punching Mr Irawan, however his lawyer, Muhammad Rifan, denied this claim, labelling the indecent as a “slapping”.
“No have any punch in this situation, this is only slapping,” Mr Rifan told reporters upon Fifita’s release last year.
Mr Rifan said no money exchanged hands as part of the peace agreement, and that Mr Irawan had accepted an apology from Fifita.
THE TITANS HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING ONE OF THE CLUB’S PLAYERS. THE NRL INTEGRITY UNIT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. TITANS STATEMENT