Kurtley Beale trial: rugby star found not guilty of sexually assaulting woman in Bondi pub

Jury returns verdicts hours after starting deliberations in trial of ex-Wallaby accused of sexually assaulting woman at Beach Road hotel in December 2022

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A jury has found rugby star Kurtley Beale not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent over an incident in the bathroom of a Sydney pub in 2022.

The former Wallabies playmaker was also cleared of two counts of sexual touching without consent after a jury returned its verdicts on Friday having deliberated for just over two hours.

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