NRL star George Burgess enters plea to sexual touching charge

NRL player George Burgess has indicated he will plead not guilty after being charged with sexually touching a woman in Sydney.

The St George Illawarra forward was charged in March after the woman made a complaint at Mascot Police Station in Sydney’s south.

Police allege the woman claimed she had been sexually touched without consent by a man known to her on March 8 at a Sydney home.

Supplied Editorial Sam Burgess and lawyer Bryan Wrench leaving Wollongong Local Court after pleading guilty and escaping without conviction for a road rage incident in August, 2021. Pictures by Lauren Ferri
George Burgess did not appear at court on Wednesday when his lawyer Bryan Wrench indicated pleas of not guilty. Lauren Ferri Credit: Supplied

Burgess did not appear at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday xjmtzywas high-profile criminal lawyer Bryan Wrench said his client would be pleading not guilty.