Brett Finch

Former NRL star Brett Finch has had a stunning fall from grace and the date has now been set for when he will learn his fate.

However, police on Tuesday dropped six of the charges and his lawyer Paul McGirr entered a guilty plea to one count of using a carriage service to make available child abuse material. He checked himself into a mental health facility in 2019 after an incident on a flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast on which he was pictured with a bloody nose. His dramatic downfall was put in motion when Victorian Police arrested a convicted child sex offender and began investigating his use of FastMeet to exchange child abuse material with other users. According to a statement of agreed facts signed by Finch, between November 2020 and January 2021, he used the “FastMeet” chat service to talk to other users about wanting to have sex with pubescent and teenage boys. The former NSW State of Origin hero has endured a stunning fall from grace that came to a head in August when he pleaded guilty to one child abuse material charge in the Local Court. The last time he appeared in the same building, Finch was looking gaunt as his lawyer Paul McGirr entered a guilty plea on his behalf.