Date-rape claim hinges on drug result

A Wests Tigers rugby league player has told teammates he was intimately involved with a 26-year-old woman who has made allegations of a possible drugged rape to police. It now appears that any possible criminal case, and the severity of it, hinges on the presence, or otherwise, of any date rape drug in a urine sample provided by the woman. The Herald understands that no one apart from the one player at the party - held at the home of Ryan O'Hara in Five Dock early on Monday morning and attended by about 20 other players and non-players - was involved with the woman. The player's version of events has eased initial concerns of league officials that the alleged possible sexual assault may have involved more than one player.

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