Former Australian under-19 cricketer sues Cricket Australia over sexual abuse allegations

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Jamie Mitchell is taking the sport's governing body to court over allegations he was abused by a member of the team's staff during a 1985 under-19 tour of India and Sri Lanka.

Each man said Dr McKenzie was their trusted family GP in Malvern, south of Melbourne, and that the offences occurred under the guise of legitimate medical treatment.

Players on the tour told ABC Sport of the discomfort and anger they felt about what they witnessed, particularly Bitmead's close association with young Indian and Sri Lankan boys, which they claim included the coach's photographing of young boys in his hotel room. Asked to confirm allegations that he often had young boys in his hotel rooms, Bitmead told ABC Sport: "No, not really. Well, again, some of the players that were in the Indian side would come in, but they were always two or three and not, you know … They'd just pop in and say hello and we'd talk there for a while, and that was it. It was very seldom. I wouldn't say it was a regular occurrence, but it did happen, yes.

 

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. Isn't this from last year... Sounds like the game admin knew - according to what has been presented to us of course...

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