Marketing executive at centre of Wayne Carey toilet video unloads on ‘malicious’ act

The woman at the centre of a viral video with controversial AFL great Wayne Carey says her life has been suddenly turned “upside down” and her “suffering over recent days has been colossal”.

Marketing executive Kate Aston has called the video a “deliberate act of bullying” and says she will now take legal action against the people who filmed it and made it public.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Wayne Carey toilet video goes viral.

In the video, the 38-year-old Aston walks out of the bathroom at a trendy wine bar in the Melbourne inner-suburb of Armadale, and then Carey appears about 20 seconds later, on his phone.

In the video’s audio, a woman can be heard saying “she looks embarrassed” and someone else says “what’s he doing in there?”.

Aston and Carey both deny anything happened in the alleged toilet tryst.

“What has happened to me could happen to anyone, and no one should have to go through what I have been put through – the damage, the speculation, the impact on my livelihood, all from the malicious actions of a small few,” Aston told News Corp.

She said the footage of her “simply exiting a toilet at a bar” has turned her life “­upside down”.

“From a professional perspective, my ability has been put into question which has had immediate financial ­repercussions, one that is costing me every day with the effects likely to be long term and irreversible … while I appear strong, those closest to me know that my suffering over recent days has been colossal.”

She said she had been put in the compromised situation simply because of “the cyber-bullying actions” of other people.

“There needs to be some sort of accountability for their actions,” she said.

“The actions of these women have meant my name is now in the public realm, and I am now the subject of immense ridicule. It has already affected my ability to earn an income with other far-reaching negative consequences to come.”

While Carey is one of the best players to ever grace a football field, the 54-year-old’s life is full of controversy.

Just last month he was filmed in a heated altercation with a man he described as an “antagonist” outside a Melbourne pub.

In 2002 Carey’s bombshell affair with Kelli Stevens (the wife of former teammate Anthony Stevens) was exposed when they were at a party and spotted exiting a toilet together.

It is unclear if this video was an attempt to evoke that bitter memory, which destroyed relationships and changed Carey’s life forever.

Aston has now turned off her LinkedIn account and other accounts on social media because of the “social sabotage” and “immense ridicule”.

“These women and others who’ve provided hateful commentary have put into jeopardy my reputation, and so I’ve been left with no choice but to try to protect it,’’ she said.

“At a time when I am navigating my next career move and visibility matters, the personal and professional toll has been immense.

“There have been times I have questioned whether there is a way forward. Who would want to employ me, date me, be associated with me? What’s left now that this has all happened to me?

“These women and others who’ve provided hateful commentary have put into jeopardy my reputation, and so I’ve been left with no choice but to try to protect it.

“Two women not known to me have turned my life upside down and I have to set the ­record straight.”

Carey is also incensed by the actions and says he has spoken to police.

“Being filmed without consent coming out of a public bathroom and then filming a complete stranger within a minute coming out of that public bathroom is NOT OK,” he raged on social media.

“Then the persons who are filming adding their disgusting narrative and posting it on social media ruins lives … Enough.”

Channel 7’s entertainment reporter Peter Ford said it was strange Carey outed himself.

“This ‘toilet-gate’ scandal if you like, is it a scandal or is it completely blown up out of all proportion?” Ford said on 3AW.

“Wayne Carey decided to out himself, which I thought was an interesting choice, he didn’t have to do that and the story probably would’ve been dead by now.

“If you can’t use names, the story kind of peters out. But in this case, Wayne did decide to do it and of course Wayne has got a track record of bad behaviour in the past.

“He’s on the defence now and come out fighting with this case.”

There are rumours there were noise coming from the toilet but that it is unclear if that has been made-up to fit the alleged narrative.

Ford said he would give Carey the benefit of doubt in this case.

“Sometimes it’s not a popular stance to back Wayne Carey, but in this particular case, my gut feeling is he and the mystery woman are the innocent party,” Ford said.

“Unfortunately, it’s the curse of anyone in the public eye these days, everyone now is an amateur paparazzi and that’s fine, wanting to get selfies and all that.

“But the problem is people also love making moral judgements about famous people and what they’re doing wrong and might be up to behind closed doors and I think this is a classic case of that.”

Ford said the two women who took the video must have been having “a very dull night” at the time, and if he was the manager of Toorak Cellars, he would certainly ban them.

“If they’re regular patrons, I would be saying ‘please don’t come back’, because to me it crosses a line,” he said.