Sydney
CNN
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Sri Lanka worldwide cricket participant Danushka Gunathilaka has been charged with rape after he was arrested at his staff’s lodge late on Saturday evening, in accordance with Australian police.
At a information convention in Sydney on Sunday, New South Wales Police Commander Jayne Doherty stated Gunathilaka, 31, has been charged with 4 counts of “sexual activity with out consent” in opposition to a 29-year-old girl within the metropolis whom he met on-line.
Police allege Gunathilaka “assaulted [the woman] quite a lot of instances whereas performing intercourse acts upon her,” Doherty stated.
The cricketer has been refused bail and can seem in a Sydney courtroom on Monday, she added.
The arrest got here simply hours after Sri Lanka misplaced a T20 World Cup match in opposition to England.
Gunathilaka, who was earlier dominated out of the event attributable to damage, made his worldwide debut in 2015. Since then, the left-handed batsman has performed in eight check matches, 47 one-day internationals (ODI) and 46 T20I video games for his nation.