Former Cricket Australia staffer charged with sexually touching two men

A former senior Cricket Australia employee is facing two separate charges of sexually touching men, including one alleged offence against a former colleague after an end-of-season party.

CA’s former head of communications Tim Whittaker appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with two counts of sexually touching a person without their consent, allegedly against two men, in 2016 and 2019.

Former Cricket Australia communications manager Tim Whittaker. Credit:Getty Images

Whittaker, 37, is yet to formally enter a plea but will fight the charges at a contested hearing scheduled to begin on May 1.

Whittaker had been spokesperson for CA in some of the organisation’s biggest issues, including its public handling of the sandpaper scandal in 2018 and the pay dispute between players and administrators in 2017.

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