Kiwi pacer Tim Southee's mum fumes over allegations of on-flight lewd behaviour against her son
Allegations of lewd behaviour against New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has left his mother fuming. Southee was yesterday accused of lewd behaviour by a co-passenger on a flight from Sydney to Dubai. The team then flew to Mumbai to start their World Cup campaign.
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"I feel sick," Joanne Southee was quoted as saying on Stuff.co.nz. "I've just had a text from Tim and I turned on the radio because I hadn't heard anything and I'm just gutted.
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New Zealand Cricket CEO Justin Vaughan confirmed that Southee had been drinking and took a female passenger back to his seat, The New Zealand Herald reported yesterday.
Team Manager Dave Currie, however, came to Southee's defence and said that he only chatted with the woman over a couple of drinks.
"I have become aware of the media attention about the incident and carried out a thorough investigation. I have spoken to Tim (Southee) directly as well as team management. Tim has described a detailed version of events and has provided a written statement in relation to this," Currie said in a statement.
"I also spoke with several individuals and held a team meeting. Everyone is adamant that nothing untoward occurred on the flight and are surprised about the reports.
"Tim met a female passenger on board the plane and spent some time with her. However, we are confident that nothing inappropriate happened between them," he added. Emirates confirmed last night that it was looking into an alleged incident.
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