{"id":256346,"date":"2022-11-07T02:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T02:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/07\/sri-lankas-danushka-gunathilaka-appears-in-court-on-sex-assault-charges-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T02:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T02:59:40","slug":"sri-lankas-danushka-gunathilaka-appears-in-court-on-sex-assault-charges-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/07\/sri-lankas-danushka-gunathilaka-appears-in-court-on-sex-assault-charges-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka&#8217;s Danushka Gunathilaka appears in court on sex assault charges | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>SYDNEY: Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka appeared by video link in handcuffs at a Sydney court on Monday to seek bail after he was charged with four counts of sexual assault. <br \/>Gunathilaka, who spoke only to confirm his identity, was shown on a screen in Downing Centre Local Court. He appeared calm as he sat wearing a grey T-shirt at a Sydney detention centre. <br \/>The batter&#8217;s lawyer, Ananda Amaranath, said he would seek bail for the 31-year-old. <br \/>Magistrate Robert Williams briefly adjourned the case before hearing the bail application. <br \/>The prosecution said it would seek to suppress publication of some elements that might identify the alleged victim. <br \/>Police arrested and charged Gunathilaka on Sunday, hours after the national team lost to England at the Twenty20 World Cup. <br \/>Gunathilaka was ruled out during the first round with a hamstring injury but had remained with the team in Australia. <br \/>He was arrested at a hotel in Sydney in the early hours of Sunday and charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. <br \/>New South Wales state police said on Sunday sex crimes squad detectives had investigated the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Sydney&#8217;s eastern suburbs last week. <br \/>Police said the pair met after communicating for several days on a dating app. <br \/>Detective Superintendent Jane Doherty, commander of the New South Wales state Sex Crimes Squad, said the pair had then arranged to meet. <br \/>&#8220;They had drinks and went for something to eat before going back to the young lady&#8217;s home,&#8221; Doherty told police. <br \/>She said police would allege that &#8220;the male assaulted the female a number of times whilst performing sexual acts upon her&#8221;. <br \/>Sri Lanka&#8217;s cricket board said it was following the case after being informed about the charges by the International Cricket Council (ICC). <br \/>&#8220;SLC will closely monitor the proceedings in court and, in consultation with the ICC, will expeditiously initiate a thorough inquiry into the matter and take stern action against the player if found guilty,&#8221; it said in a statement <br \/>Gunathilaka made his international debut in 2015 and has played eight Tests, 47 ODIs and 46 T20s. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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