Wayne Carey Toorak Cellars: AFL Hall of Famer accuses women of cyber bullying over viral toilet video

AFL Hall of Famer Wayne Carey has launched a blistering attack against two women who posted a video and accused him of having sex in a toilet block at a popular Melbourne wine bar.

In the video, moments after a woman leaves the toilet via an outdoor walkway at the Toorak Cellars, Carey emerges from the same exit, before making a phone call as he walks back inside.

The footage was released on social media with the women filming adding commentary, saying that the woman in the video looked “embarrassed”.

Carey now appears set to pursue the people who allowed to video to go public, saying they were warned not to do so and that if they did, there would be legal repercussions.

“Annoyed is the wrong word,” Carey told the You Can’t Be Serious podcast.

“I’ve gone through 10 different emotions in the last three days.

“One has been disbelief, that’s not an emotion, but I’ve gone through disbelief, sadness, I’ve gone through anger. I’ve had empathy, I’ve had all sorts of things go through this body and this mind,’’

“This woman has been thrown into this just because I could kick a footy. And you’ve got two vile, disturbing, probably pissed women who want to do this to another woman.”

That’s all they were doing, they were slut-shaming another woman. If two men had done that, they would be raked over hot coals. It would be the biggest story going around if that had occurred.

“But because it’s two women doing it to another woman? You don’t know what’s going on. This other woman has had all sorts of stuff going on in her life, I’ve since found out.”

Speaking on the podcast, which Carey co-hosts with AFL provocateur Sam Newman, the former North Melbourne premiership winner said he had spoken to his partner Jessica Paulke, who is backing his decision to make a formal complaint to the police.

“You talk about vile and disgusting, what they have done and who they have affected by a few shits and giggles drinking their chardonnay sitting up there doing whatever,’’ Carey said.

“Once again, I’m not going to name them because that would be as pathetic as what they are. I’ll let the law take care of it.”

Carey added his partner had spoken to the woman involved and that they would be combining to follow the complaint through “to the enth degree” in what they deem to be a case of cyber-bullying.

“It’s gone through my mind a million times: What did they want to achieve?”

“What middle-aged women would want to sit and film someone and for what purpose? Then make up a story about what occurred?

“If they really wanted to ruin someone’s life, they could have contacted Jess personally and said, ‘Guess what, I’ve just seen your partner come out of a toilet and a female came out 30 seconds in between, so therefore they must have been doing something in that toilet together’.

“If that’s what they wanted to do, if they wanted to ruin my life and her life and ruin my kids’ lives, why didn’t they just do that. I know who they are, the police know who they are, my lawyers know who they are. I have contacted these people just like the footballers have contacted these people because they’ve been abused online.

“I could sit there and film people going in and out of toilets. Who does she think she is, Morgan Freeman narrating a wildlife (documentary)?

Carey went on to criticise the women for saying, “I heard people grunting like pigs”, labelling those comments “completely made up crap”.

The circumstances around the meeting at the Armadale wine bar are unclear, however, Carey defended his meeting with the woman, saying she has had significant recent personal challenges.

“This other woman has had an horrific few months. She’s lost her parents, she’s split up from a partner and these two women think it’s OK to film her and slut shame her online and post it online. What sort of penalty should these two women get?

“We are speaking and we will follow this through to the enth degree. I’m blown away that women in their 40s could think this was a good idea. How would they explain this to their children?

“This is women being cruel to another woman. They have shamed another woman and it is so wrong. It happens far too often and it doesn’t get called out. Men do it and it gets called out as it should. Let’s see where this goes to from here.”

The Nightly has reached out to Victoria Police for comment.