Scandal Tom Silvagni convicted of rape

[parano1a]

Suppression order has been lifted.

Source:

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/tom-silvagni-son-of-carlton-footballing-family-convicted-of-rape/news-story/f67fed84f271d0947602a7b04c2f7faa

The youngest son of AFL heavyweight Stephen Silvagni, and brother of current St Kilda player Jack Silvagni

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Jack Silvagni

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27

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11.0

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7.1

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3.8

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3.8

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2.9

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176.9

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5.3

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4.0

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1.3

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1.7

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0.7

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9.2

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6.2

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3.0

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3.4

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2.8

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131.4

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, can now be unmasked as a convicted rapist.
Tom Silvagni, 23, was found guilty last Friday of twice raping a woman in January 2023 after hosting friends at his parent’s Balwyn North home while they were away.

But due to a suppression order barring reporting of his identity and links to the AFL world, media coverage of the two-week trial only referred to Silvagni as a man from a high-profile family.

Since Silvagni was charged in June last year, a series of suppression orders have covered his case as it moved through the court system.

 

[Black Panther]

SOS & the family do not come off well in this article

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/inside-the-fight-for-open-justice-to-be-able-to-name-convicted-rapist-tom-silvagni/news-story/446200489a7e8f818580014ab13550c1

Fought tooth and nail to stop him being named, even playing the ubiquitous "mental health card"

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Judge finally slapped them down ....

The gag order was lifted on Thursday after County Court judge Andrew Palmer noted Tom Silvagni’s name had become “a matter of common knowledge” despite the suppression order.

“In my own experience, people talking to me about it, who don’t know I’m in any way involved in the case, have known the identity of this person. These are outside legal circles.”

Silvagni’s lawyers pressed for the order to continue on the basis of their client’s mental ill health.

“It’s not just a concern about his own name; it’s about how that impacts on his family,” Hallowes said.

But Palmer said: “At some point he will have to reconcile with the reality.”

 

[Daka]

Wow

 

[Bop]

I would be horrified if that was my child!

Never an excuse for rape.

 

[iBeng]

What wealth does to people man. Entitled POS's.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

The worst kept secret in Melbourne.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

No means No !

 

[Chism]

Bad night on the piss that is gunna see him locked up and rightly so. You cannot just walk into a sleeping females room and rape them twice regardless of where it is or who you are.

Do your time now you grub and i have a 21yo daughter as do many others and this is a disgrace of an act regardless what your surname is.

 

[Chism]

SOS & the family do not come off well in this article

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/inside-the-fight-for-open-justice-to-be-able-to-name-convicted-rapist-tom-silvagni/news-story/446200489a7e8f818580014ab13550c1

Fought tooth and nail to stop him being named, even playing the ubiquitous "mental health card"

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Judge finally slapped them down ....

The gag order was lifted on Thursday after County Court judge Andrew Palmer noted Tom Silvagni’s name had become “a matter of common knowledge” despite the suppression order.

“In my own experience, people talking to me about it, who don’t know I’m in any way involved in the case, have known the identity of this person. These are outside legal circles.”

Silvagni’s lawyers pressed for the order to continue on the basis of their client’s mental ill health.

“It’s not just a concern about his own name; it’s about how that impacts on his family,” Hallowes said.

But Palmer said: “At some point he will have to reconcile with the reality.”

Glad the judge saw past the mental health excuse that seems very common nowadays and it is played way to commonly to make things go away and also makes a mockery of those that genuinely suffer from it.

 

[Pablito]

Sincerely hope the victim is ok, considering their case is now being talked about in the very public domain.

The Silvagni name was toxic already, its now ****ing nuclear.

 

[parano1a]

Sincerely hope the victim is ok, considering their case is now being talked about in the very public domain.

The victim chose to publicly identify herself on social media before the reporting ban was lifted.

 

[Black Panther]

The victim has been talking about it non stop on social media

 

[parano1a]

The victim has been talking about it non stop on social media

As is her right.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Read the details in an article last week, shocking stuff. Snuck into a dark room and pretended to be his mate to take advantage of a girl in bed. ****ing gross.

 

[kickazz]

"releasing the name will cause reputational damage to the family"

No. Just no.

"raping a woman has caused reputational damage to the family"

 

[Mister Carlton]

Sincerely hope the victim is ok, considering their case is now being talked about in the very public domain.

The Silvagni name was toxic already, its now ****ing nuclear.

What a legacy.

 

[parano1a]

Snuck into a dark room and pretended to be his mate to take advantage of a girl in bed

The circumstances sound remarkably similar to a case involving a St Kilda player who wore No 44. The culture of entitlement in the footy industry needs to change.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Im always wary of guilt/innocence with these sort of cases but the fabrication of the fake Uber receipt to give him an alibi isn't a great look

 

[Ozguy]

Im always wary of guilt/innocence with these sort of cases but the fabrication of the fake Uber receipt to give him an alibi isn't a great look

Casting doubt. Seriously, dude?

 

[Gavin Excell]

Casting doubt. Seriously, dude?

No not casting doubt in this case
Pointing out his dodgy behaviour in faking his alibi

 

[The Blue Max]

Let the diminishment of responsibility for one, and the degradation of character of the other begin in earnest.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

The circumstances sound remarkably similar to a case involving a St Kilda player who wore No 44. The culture of entitlement in the footy industry needs to change.

Tbf im not sure you can pin this one on the footy industry just because his dad and brother are footballers.

 

[HairyO]

What wealth does to people man. Entitled POS's.

They arent even rich. 100% its entitlement. Growing up believing you own everything you touch.

Sadly the penalty will be a slap on the wrist. And in 12 months he will be the victim.

 

[Toump Ass]

Isn't this what was ALLEGED to have happened with Tip Rat Stevie Milne? Switcheroo?

Milney got off because there was no evidence. I wonder if Tommy Silvagni would have his name cleared if he didn't FAKE an uber receipt.

 

[Sentinel]

I would imagine the mental health of almost everyone going through the courts on a rape trial would be suffering. A joke that it took this long after the guilty verdict before the suppression order was lifted. Open justice should mean exactly that.