Sri Lanka cricketer accused of choking woman during alleged assault

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Australia multiple times and strangling her so hard that she needed a brain scan to test for the injury, local media reported on Wednesday unsealed. cited court documents.

The 31-year-old, who was arrested on Sunday just hours after his country lost to England in the Twenty20 World Cup, was charged with four counts of sexual assault and denied bail.

Magistrate Robert Williams had agreed to suppress the details of the charges and other elements of the case, issuing a sweeping hiatus order.

But the suppression order was successfully challenged by Australian media, which have now reported graphic details of the alleged assault against the unnamed woman.

Court documents cited by public broadcaster ABC said the pair were engaged on a dating app before meeting on November 2 at a popular bar near Sydney’s Opera House.

They then went to the alleged victim’s house by boat and after drinking several times, Gunathilaka allegedly forced herself several times with her.

It is alleged that during one of the assaults the woman saw a condom on the floor despite Gunathilaka being asked to wear one.

Sri Lanka Cricket has suspended the batsman “from all forms of the game with immediate effect”.

Originally published at Pen 18