Sri Lankan cricketer accused of repeatedly choking woman from Tinder

Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is accused of choking a Sydney woman during an alleged sexual assault after he met her on Tinder, leaving her “fearing for her life” and requiring a brain scan, documents released by the court reveal. The police facts in the case against the 31-year-old can be reported after lawyers representing Nine, the publisher of this masthead, News Corp and the ABC argued against suppression. The police then withdrew their suppression application “in its entirety”. Sri Lanka Cricket said its executive committee had suspended Gunathilaka. Credit:Facebook Gunathilaka was arrested on Sunday morning at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Sussex Street before the Sri Lanka team’s departure, and charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He was refused bail during a closed hearing on Monday in Downing Centre Local Court. According to the police facts, Gunathilaka and the 29-year-old complainant from Rose Bay matched on Tinder on October 29 and also spoke on Instagram and WhatsApp, including via video calls.

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