cocaine after being arrested by police on the Gold Coast over the weekend, mobile phone footage emerged appearing to show the Storm pair in a room.
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy, who was crowned coach of the year at the Dally Ms said he was aware of the incident but yet to speak with the pair. “It hurts everybody. I don’t know the full details yet. I don’t want to be saying something if it’s not right.”
Storm football manager Frank Ponissi and chairman Matt Tripp declined to comment when contacted earlier on about the situation that occurred.
Smith’s agent, Stan Martin stated that he was unable to comment as the situation was being looked into by the NRL’s integrity unit, while the Storm released a statement stating that “Melbourne Storm is aware of a video provided to the NRL Integrity Unit yesterday, the club and players involved are cooperating with the NRL Integrity Unit investigation. As the matter is currently under investigation, the club is not in a position to comment further until this process has been completed.”
The manager of one of the players who appears to be in the video stated to the media that his client had been partying since the loss to Penrith, but he had only learned of the video footage himself earlier on in the week and was yet to speak with the player.
There appears to be up to half a dozen men in the room, including one player seated in front of the table and another without his shirt on in the background. Smith and Munster do not appear to realise they are being filmed.
