Tedesco Squid Game Incident

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Roosters players are set to be interviewed by the NRL Integrity Unit over an alleged incident involving club captain James Tedesco in Bondi last week.

The Roosters defended Tedesco on Monday after investigating a woman’s claim he yelled “squid games” at her outside a pub in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Tiffany Trinh, who is of Vietnamese descent, is the woman at the centre of the alleged incident.

Squid games is a reference to the popular Korean Netflix series and Trinh told the Sydney Morning Herald she felt the incident was a “joke about her race”

The Roosters cleared Tedesco of any wrongdoing, but now the NRL is investigating and will be speaking to witnesses - including teammates who were there.

Trinh claims Tedesco approached while she was outside the Beach Road Hotel with a friend waiting for a lift home and said “squid games” to her before laughing with his group.
Tedesco and the club claim he was only discussing the TV show with his friends while in close proximity to Trinh.

The Roosters became aware of the allegation when Trinh’s sister posted about the incident on Instagram the following day.

“After we found out about the Instagram post we thoroughly investigated the matter,” Roosters chief executive Joe Kelly said.

“There was absolutely no interaction between James Tedesco with this group of people. We categorically deny that anything untoward occurred.”

Tedesco has played for Australia and New South Wales and was last month named the Dally M Captain of the Year.