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Two years ago

Opals Alex Bunton speaks out on domestic violence

Australian Opal and the Canberra Capitals Alex Bunton has spoken out on the domestic violence she received from her ex-boyfriend.

From the outside, Opals star Alex Bunton looked like she had it all.

A silver medal from the 2018 World Cup, a beautiful daughter — aptly named Opal — and, last October, a triumphant return to the basketball court for Canberra in the WNBL after 11 knee surgeries.

But just 12 months after she stood on the podium in Spain with her Australian teammates, Bunton was isolated, broken and living in fear.

For the first time, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph, the 196cm centre has revealed her horrific experience with domestic violence at the hands of her former partner, while pregnant with his child.


https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/australian-opals-champion-alex-bunton-reveals-domestic-violence-hell/news-story/b94a2857680eaf6710d20d4524a6c92e

Good on her these things have usually been swept under the carpet which makes the abuse easier to continue.

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koberulz  
Two years ago

these things have usually been swept under the carpet
Or forcibly pushed under the carpet because Australian defamation law is basically "it's illegal to say bad things about people powerful enough to have lawyers, irrespective of whether it's inaccurate or even damaging."

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Luuuc  
Two years ago

Sometimes if there's a big smelly lump under the carpet a good dunk will clear it right up.

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