Jarryd Hayne jailed for five years, nine months after being found guilty of 2018 rape
- Former Australian rugby league star was convicted on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent
Former Australia rugby league, rugby sevens star and San Francisco 49er Jarryd Hayne was on Thursday jailed for five years and nine months over the sexual assault of a woman at her home in 2018.
The 33-year-old – best known outside Australia for a short-lived attempt to break into America’s NFL – was found guilty in March on two counts of intercourse without consent.
He must serve at least three years and eight months before being eligible for parole.
Hayne was sentenced at a court in Newcastle, north of Sydney, after the judge heard the woman describe how the incident had changed her life.
“Yes, I am destroyed and damaged but I am still standing,” the 26-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said in a victim impact statement.
The pair met on social media and the woman reported that he attacked her at her home in Newcastle on the night of the National Rugby League grand final.