DISGRACED AFL PLAYER agent Ricky Nixon has been given permission to publish a tell-all autobiography, including his “improper dealings” with a teenage girl.
The former scout, who brought a number of Gaelic football’s brightest young talents to Australia, will release the book ‘My Side’ despite an objection from ‘St Kilda schoolgirl’ Kim Duthie.
Nixon had a relationship with Duthie in 2010, though he denies it was a sexual one, when she was 17, which resulted in the suspension of his player manager’s licence by the AFL.
The 52-year-old Nixon admitted that he had been a “bloody idiot” but insisted that he wanted to get on with his life, and this book was part of that process.
“I feel that I gave something to football, a lot to football, and contributed to some of the success of the game,” he said.
“And then I was a bloody idiot and I made a big mistake, and I’m to blame.
“But now I’m trying to own up to my mistakes and get on with life, and do something about it.”
Nixon met Duthie after the then teenager had published nude photos of St Kilda footballers online, some of them clients of Nixon’s. Following their meeting, video footage emerged of an underwear-clad Nixon in Duthie’s hotel room.
Duthie is not named in Nixon’s book, but he does refer to the infamous incident, claiming that he had been drugged by the girl and that she had framed him with footage to suggest they had had sex and he had taken cocaine.
“Unfortunately, something laced with GBH, a liquid drug where the taste can be hidden by fruit juice, makes you lose control of your inhibitions. I kept saying, -I don’t want a drink’. But she kept thrusting it at me,” he claims in his book.
Duthie denies these claims and had tried to prevent a number of chapters in Nixon’s book from being published.
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What on earth is he doing over there?
Ron there is this place that exists beyond the premier league, and its called the rest of the world, Turkey is one of the biggest growing economies in the world and their top clubs are not short of a few bob
He will be like a god over there best of playing there than some mid to low EPL team..
Don’t be so sanctimonious, I am well aware that turkey is a half decent league but a player like RVP shouldn’t be playing there. Not for another few years anyway, I’m sure he won’t be there long to be honest.
Well no other top club wanted him.. Only big team linked was Juventus and that was more likely paper talk..
I’m sure he’s got a hand release clause in his contract and he will be out of there by Christmas and if not next summer. He only just turned 32 and there will be some top team who will take a punt in him. The deal to sell him seemed to go through very quickly and I get the impression United wanted to send him somewhere far away.
He’s obviously still not fit
Deal took 2 weeks + to go through wasn’t like a few hours. He is not the same player mentally as he was , to me his drive and motivation is gone.
Didn’t Van Gaal tell him at end season he would be selling him the deal took as long as any other deal..
let me rephrase, if he was fot he would have started
*fit
Ron I just think we’re too obsessed with the premier league, and I can understand to an extent seeing as how close it is to us, but I’d think we’d benefit if we broadened our soccer horizons beyond the physical pressure cooker of English football, we should be sending some of our best young players to the likes of the Netherlands and Spain to build a more technical culture, it’s a big wide world, imagine if the likes of duff or even Wes hoolihan went to Spain at a young age
anyway I don’t think the Turkish league is all that hectic to be hon, but it’s a damn sight more technical than say English championship and the top 2 or 3 clubs have massive support, loads of money and go far in Europe every year, why shouldn’t rvp play there?
The 15% tax rate for footballers in Turkey also makes it attractive for those in the last few years of their careers.
Lads, you can talk up the Turkish league all you want, but this guy is still good enough to play for a champions leagues club in one of the top 4 leagues. A team with a chance of winning it
nah I really don’t think the likes of Barcelona, Bayern, either of the Madrids would have bought him to be hon, he’ll be a legend in fenerbahce if he stays fit
or gets fit
although as Ferguson used to say to Giggs – you’ll get those injury years back at the end of your career, Keane admits himself he messed his body up by playing through injuries
Ah sour still throwing in you sly sh!t stirring digs hoping your can get a response you Sad little boy.
Jolly, the grown ups are talking.
You better go back to your Lego so
Can’t believe he fell out with Van Gal who though he was God at the World Cup. Robin is amazing player and I’m also surprised he is not playing for a top team. Rooney is still at home! Hmm!
Don’t act so surprised Ron I’m sure you
posted about 20 comments at least when the story broke …
class is permanent
That is some push in the back on the opposing defender!!! He literally ends up on the floor