Tuesday began the British Horseracing Authority's hearing into the jockey's room bullying case brought by female national hunt jockey Bryony Frost against male rider Robbie Dunne. Frost's attorney Louis Weston made his opening statement, reports The Guardian, telling the three-member panel that Dunne had used “foul, sexually abusive and misogynistic language” toward Frost as well as threats to “cause her serious physical harm.”
Weston detailed that the issues between Dunne and Frost could be traced as far back as 2017, when Dunne paraded himself naked in front of Frost in the weighing room. In another alleged incident in 2019, Dunne made mocking comments after Frost became emotional during a post-race winning interview.
In 2020, a quintet of specific dates envelop the current charges against Dunne:
- On Feb. 13 at Leicester, Dunne is accused of calling Frost “a f***ing slag and a dangerous f***ing whore.”
- On July 8 at Stratford, Dunne pulled his horse up near Frost's after a race and allegedly said: “you're a fucking whore … and if you ever fucking murder me like that again, I'll murder you.” (“Murder” in this context refers to cutting off a rival in a race)
- On July 29 at Market Rasen, Dunne is alleged to have ridden over-aggressively toward Frost.
- In early August at Uttoxer, Dunne is alleged to have said to Frost: “I'm going to stop you murdering everyone, I'm going to murder you.”
- On Sept. 3 at Southwell, after Dunne's mount fell and was fatally injured, he is reported to have later accosted Frost in the weighing room, threatening her with physical harm: “the next time I ride against you, I promise I will put you through a wing [of a fence].”
Weston calls Dunne's alleged language “plainly offensive, plainly misogynistic and if tolerated by a sport's regulator, bringing it into disrepute,” and said “there is no excuse or justification for it, none at all.”
The hearing will continue on Wednesday, with Frost expected to give testimony.
Read more at The Guardian.
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