Melbourne, Dec 26: Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley on Sunday said it has got the police involved after a confidential report on alleged drug use by a “well-known” player was leaked to the media.
The Age newspaper reported on Sunday that it had received a recording of a phone call between a woman, who described herself as a “high-class” escort, and Cricket Australia’s former integrity chief, Sean Carroll, in which she alleged a player was using cocaine and dancing naked on the balcony with numerous woman.
Hockley has dubbed the allegations surrounding the former player as “unsubstantiated” and “historical”.
“I saw the article this morning. Those reports are unsubstantiated,” Hockey told reporters. “They are historical. Any stealing of confidential information is a crime. We have reported it and are getting assistance from Vic Police.
“It’s really important people are able to contact our integrity line in full confidence that it is going to be kept secure. Certainly our processes, we review them regularly, to ensure they are absolutely best practice.”
The Melbourne daily said the recording had been sent to the paper via an encrypted email service from an anonymous address. The source of the leak claimed to be a former CA staffer “who wanted to expose flaws in its integrity unit”. Carroll left CA a year ago. (PTI)
