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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3107500, member: 9853"] Seems there's more to this story, a continuation with a focus on the [B]Bali incident: David Fifita:[/B] “It was scary over there. People really don’t know what happened." [B]Gwen:[/B] “It was a terrible situation and I will always appreciate what the Broncos did to get my son out of jail. He was very worried he wouldn’t get back home. The police were telling him he would go to prison. They were blackmailing him and threatening him and saying you won’t get out. David never had one issue as a kid growing up. He has never seen the inside of a police car in Brisbane. He has never been to a police station. He has no criminal record. He has never been questioned by police over an incident. Nothing." “I brought my boys up to respect and care for people. The simple fact is I know my son better than anyone. David is not a fighter. Yes, he is a big guy on the football field, but ever since he was a boy he hated confrontation. He doesn’t like people arguing. He tries to keep the peace all the time. I do believe it was extortion or something along those lines.” “Before Dave left for Bali, I said to him, ‘Be very careful and be very wary of people over there. I said, ‘Don’t trust anybody, stay very close to Payne and enjoy your time’.” “When I got the call, I was petrified. I couldn’t believe what Lincoln was telling me. His words were, ‘Gwen, I have some news, I just got off the phone to David and he is in a bit of trouble. He has been detained by police’. I was emotional. I was devastated. I couldn’t sleep. I was so far away and felt helpless, I was worried sick. I said ‘what are we going to do? It was the worst moment of my life and David’s life. David was crying, he was terrified … very stressed.” “It all started in the nightclub. I asked how he was treated in the nightclub. Dave said the same men who arrested him were the same guys in the nightclub who put him and Payne in a VIP area. Inside the club, they didn’t say they were police. They were chaperoning him and Payne. Then, when David went outside, they grabbed him and said you are coming with us, we are the police, you hit a security guard." “The stories changed as well. At first, they said he hit a security guard inside the club. Then they said it was while he was on the bike. There was no evidence David hit anyone. The footage doesn’t even show he hit the security guard. If you are on a bike and you try and hit someone, you are a fair chance of falling off the bike at speed." “The people that drove him to the police station had no uniforms. They were screaming and yelling in their language at him. They were pulling him and grabbing him. He was intoxicated. He was so scared. When David arrived at Kuta police station, a solicitor was already waiting there. An Australian solicitor. It was 4am. How does a solicitor get there so quick? He said, ‘This can all go away if you pay $30,000’. When I finally got to talk to him over there, Dave said, ‘Mum, I swear I didn’t hit anyone. They have set me up’." “I believe it was all about money.” [B]David[/B] said: “You know how it all goes down in Bali. The jail was dirty, really dirty. The cell was disgusting." [B]Gwen[/B] said: “By the third day, he was feeling very sick. The floor was so dirty his toe got infected from the filth and he had spots all over his body. There was no pillow, no mat, no towel to sit on. Dave says being stuck in that cage was the worst moment of his life. They wanted money the whole time. When they were working out the payment (for his release), they wanted more money. The amounts would change. It was such a fraud.” “The truth is David paid the $30,000 out of his savings account. The Broncos did not pay it. “David is actually a good saver and he had enough money saved up. He budgets his money really well. He doesn’t blow his money. He saves a lot and likes knowing where his money goes. He doesn’t spend it on crap. Thankfully he had money set aside to get himself out of trouble.” [B]David [/B]said: “I learnt when everything is going well everyone wants to talk to you, when everything is going bad they don’t want anything to do with you. That’s what I really learnt. I know who the real (loved) ones are. My family has always been supportive. I’m feeling all right since what happened in the off-season. I’m over it, but people keep bringing it up. It’s done now. I can move on. I’m happy it’s all over and sort of put to bed. No matter what happens you’ve got to keep standing up on your own two feet and keep moving forward.” Finally, from [B]Gwen[/B]: “When he walked out of Kuta police station and the sun shone on him, I can’t describe how happy and relieved I was. It was tears of joy. I don’t think he will ever go back to Bali. He has learnt a big lesson.” McHunt [/QUOTE]

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