Woman appears in court over Bronco Kotoni Staggs video
A Brisbane teenager accused of releasing a sex tape involving Brisbane NRL player Kotoni Staggs says she never intended for the video to go public.
Kotoni Staggs.
McKenzie Lorraine Robinson, 18, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday facing a single charge of distributing a prohibited visual recording.
The woman from Brisbane’s Newstead allegedly shared the recording of Mr Staggs between June 14 and August 5 without his consent, according to court documents.
Outside court, defence lawyer Jason Jacobson insisted the teenager did not post the video on social media.
“It was not Ms Robinson that made this private video go public,” he told reporters.
“That was never intended by her and she very much regrets that it did and she very much regrets the impact that it caused for Mr Staggs.
“There is an explanation as to how this happened and that will be put to the court at a later date.”
Despite the embarrassment for the Bronco, Staggs was cleared of any wrongdoing by the NRL’s integrity unit after the video was released.
Robinson’s case was adjourned for mention on September 30.
She was granted bail on her own undertaking.
