Earlier than crashing his automotive right into a tree, former Melbourne Storm participant Curtis Scott threatened to kill his girlfriend, verbally abused her and claimed he’d take his personal life if she didn’t take him again, in accordance with her mom.
The previous Storm and Raiders NRL centre, 24, is contesting six home violence fees together with reckless choking, assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and intimidation. He additionally denies three backup fees.
The mom of his now-ex-girlfriend advised Downing Centre Native Court docket on Tuesday she overheard a telephone name between the pair on March 31, 2019, by which Scott repeatedly abused her daughter with the phrases slut and c***.
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“I personally heard thrice … ‘No different thirsty f*** is ever going to have you ever. I’m by no means going to depart you for another thirsty f***’,” Renae Clark stated.
“(He stated) ‘I’m getting within the automotive, I’m going to return up and f***ing kill you so no different particular person can f***ing have you ever’.”
Ms Clark stated she heard solely 80 per cent of the almost hour-long telephone name as she was additionally taking telephone calls from the Storm’s therapist, who was attempting to trace Scott down.
Finally, Scott stated “I’m going to kill you, you c***” earlier than the Clark household heard Scott crash his automotive right into a tree. They lower the decision after listening to different voices.
Ms Clark denied she solely heard Scott threaten his personal life, or that she had a unfavourable view of him at the moment.
“I all the time felt very involved for Curtis taking his personal life. I all the time felt he was by no means ever going to depart her for anybody else on this earth; there have been so many threats,” she stated.
Throughout cross-examination, Scott’s lawyer offered a replica of a textual content message Ms Clark despatched the Storm’s basic supervisor of soccer, Frank Ponissi, in early April 2019.
“We would like nothing however the perfect for Curtis and actually hope he absolutely accepts the assistance being provided and strikes ahead to a satisfying and profitable … profession,” a part of the message reads.
However Ms Clark stated the broader context was the Storm reporting three incidents between Scott and Tay-Leiha Clark to the NRL Integrity Unit.
The household didn’t need to talk about something with the NRL physique, offered Scott lower contact, she stated.
The Storm started offering alerts to the Clark household every time Scott entered Sydney, the place he’d be positioned and when he could be launched to free time “so we might maintain Tay secure”, she stated.
In a separate incident in late 2018, Ms Clark stated she woke about 2.30am to noises downstairs, ultimately making out her daughter yelling “cease, Curtis, cease”.
“I knew she was in hassle due to the sound of her voice, the concern in her voice,” Ms Clark stated.
Dashing from her bed room and right into a lounge room, the mom discovered a tearful Tay-leiha half-standing along with her again to the wall, and Scott “hovering” over her.
Scott stood up, confronted away and walked out of the room, Ms Clark stated.
Her daughter was holding her arm, had a bump to her brow and wanted to be stopped from going after Scott, Ms Clark stated.
“I advised my husband to go and get him, ‘he’s simply attacked her’.”
Scott, who was sacked by the Raiders in 2021 for off-field incidents, says the younger couple that met as teenagers repeatedly argued however he by no means turned violent.
“It’s firmly disputed … that in any of those arguments, or throughout another argument throughout the relationship, (Scott) bodily assaulted, strangled or threatened to kill the complainant,” barrister Slade Howell stated on Monday.
The listening to resumes on Wednesday.
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