Brett Finch

Disgraced former NRL star Brett Finch is fighting to avoid being sent to jail, with his lawyer arguing he could be targeted in prison, a court has heard.

He says it then dawned on him the results of his actions and he told the other man he was a “sick f***”. “He is not a paedophile and is not motivated by a sexual attraction to children,” Mr Smith said. Mr Smith argued that he had been the subject of adverse media publicity and he would be a target if he were jailed. He described the messages as “horrendous” and “sick”, telling the court that he did not have a sexual interest in children. He told the court that the “twisted” messages weren’t an expression of fantasies about young boys but rather he was trying to elicit a response from other users who might be able to help him score drugs during lockdown. “There was not a single complaint about his conduct, not a single person has come forward despite the media publicity.”

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Finch had a further six charges of using a carriage service to make available child abuse material withdrawn. Police earlier this year laid two fresh counts of using a carriage service to make available child abuse material. The broadcaster made the statement on his 2GB program on Tuesday morning after Finch pleaded guilty to using a sex hotline to share child abuse material.

Ex-NRL champion Brett Finch is fighting to avoid being sent to jail after he admitted to sending a series of vile messages via a sex chat service.

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