Seminyak nightclub fight extortion cost $30.000

Seminyak nightclub fight extortion cost $30.000 paid by the  Australian rugby player David Fifita who finally breaks his silence after his arrest last November. David Fifita was locked up in a Bali jail for three days following the alleged assault of a nightclub bouncer at Favela in Seminayk.

Fifita was freed after coughing up $30,000 and he was not sanctioned further by the club or the NRL after the Integrity Unit could not find consistent evidence in its investigation.

A typical peace agreement — which is commonplace in the Balinese legal system and is signed by police and an alleged victim to allow charges against an arrested civilian to be dropped — usually costs the person behind bars somewhere around $10,000.

Seminyak nightclub fight extortion

He pay three times that amount before he was allowed to fly home to Brisbane  because of media attention surrounding the incident and Fifita’s high profile.Fifita had spent three days before bars in a harrowing ordeal since he was accused of assaulting nightclub security guard Dani Irawan in the early hours of Saturday morning.The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Fifita was isolated for about five hours immediately after he was arrested by Bali police.He was then presented with a local legal representative and signed over power of attorney before Brisbane welfare officer Adam Walsh had arrived to help negotiate the peace agreement.
His release was then delayed on Monday afternoon as Bali police tried to broker a bigger fee at the last minute.“There has been a lot going on behind the scenes and I am really grateful for that,” Fifita said on arrival in Brisbane. “It’s a great feeling to be home to see my family.“I’ve learned a big lesson from what I’ve been through these last few days.”The Herald said Fifita had to endure tough conditions in his cell and was forced to urinate into a plastic water bottle.

Source : https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au