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"Not the time for secrecy": King slams silence over Scott incident
SEN • September 12th, 2025 9:17 am
David King has hit out at the AFL and Geelong’s “secrecy” after Chris Scott left a female staff member in tears after an aggressive outburst following last week’s qualifying final win over Brisbane.
Scott called the junior AFL official on Wednesday to apologise and will not be sanctioned for his behaviour.
The news came just a day after Geelong star Bailey Smith was forced to apologise to a female photographer after he swore at her and flipped the bird at an open training session.
The AFL said it considered the matter closed given Scott had apologised but the lack of communication and explanation left King agitated.
“There was an incident involving Chris Scott and an AFL female staff member after last week’s press conference,” he said on SEN Fireball.
“Scott’s not going to be sanctioned but he has apologised verbally by phone and has gone out of his way to clear this up.
“But I’m just not sure that’s good enough. I’m not sure that if there’s rules for some and rules for others, we need to know what’s gone on here.
“Why is this all of a sudden just swept under the carpet. This is not the time for secrecy.
Every time players are transgressing, they’re fronting the media, they’re fronting the AFL, how come this is just disappearing and being swept under the carpet without us knowing what’s been said and knowing where it sits.
“We need to know what’s gone on. If he’s been sanctioned. Has he been sanctioned or forced to make an apology? Tell us what’s gone on.”
A Geelong spokesperson said: “The club acknowledges an interaction that took place post-game last Friday night. The club confirms Chris called the AFL staff member to personally apologise for the exchange and the apology was accepted.”
Geelong beat the Lions and will play in next week’s preliminary final against either hawthorn or Adelaide.
