Cricket star Stuart MacGill CRACKS JOKES about his kidnapping ordeal – saying ‘you may’t select your loved ones’ after his de facto brother-in-law was charged over abduction
- Former spinner was allegedly kidnapped in 2021
- Was allegedly shoved into the boot of a automobile
- Cracked jokes regardless of ongoing court docket case
Former Australian Take a look at cricket star Stuart MacGill has joked about his alleged abduction on a podcast the place he mockingly threatened to place one of many hosts within the boot of his automobile.
MacGill is concerned in an ongoing court docket case after allegedly being kidnapped by six males together with his de facto brother-in-law Marino Sotiropoulos on April 14, 2021.
Frederick Schaaf, Richard Schaaf, Elijah Schaaf, Son Minh Nguyen and Vaeluagaomatagi Feilo have been additionally arrested and charged over an alleged incident police described as a botched cocaine deal.
MacGill had beforehand instructed police that he was pressured into the boot of a automobile at Cremorne on Sydney’s north shore earlier than his assailants tried to extort cash from him.
Whereas the court docket proceedings are ongoing, MacGill made gentle of the allegations on an look with The Professor and Barney on their podcast 82 Days Until The Ashes.
McGill joked about his alleged kidnapping on the video podcast 82 Days Until The Ashes
MacGill arrives at Sydney’s Downing Centre Native Courtroom in Sydney on January 30
Originally of the podcast, James ‘The Professor’ Rochford requested: ‘How did you go from being the ninth greatest leg spinner within the historical past of cricket to ending up in a boot [of a car]?’
McGill replied: ‘You may’t select your pals or your loved ones, that is why I am right here with SOK [former Test cricket player Steven O’Keefe]. Sadly, let’s let’s simply say if I did have the prospect to decide on, I in all probability would not select the identical.’
Whereas the remainder of the podcast largely centered on cricket, the problem reared its head once more when the panel started to debate the time Australia performed three spinners on the SCG – Shane Warne, MacGill and Colin ‘Funky’ Miller.
Co-host Andrew ‘Barney’ Barnett requested: ‘What have been the selectors considering? Have been they like, Colin Miller, we’d like one other weirdo on this group?’
That crammed MacGill with mock outrage and he fired again: ‘That may be very, very nasty. You may giggle all you want, however I hope it’s a nervous giggle as a result of I’m going to be seeing you after this present.’
The Professor added: ‘ what which means.’
‘I’ve solely bought a hatchback,’ Barney mentioned.
‘Once I say I will put you within the f***en boot, I imply it,’ MacGill replied because the panel laughed.
MacGill (second from proper) on the podcast panel with Andrew ‘Barney’ Barnett, former Aussie cricket participant Steven O’Keefe and James ‘The Professor’ Rochford
MacGill celebrates towards the Barmy Military after capturing the wicket of Michael Vaughan in the course of the fourth day of the fourth Ashes Take a look at between Australia and England in 2002
MacGill beforehand made a police assertion saying he was punched repeatedly within the head and suffered a concussion in the course of the alleged incident, however the court docket heard in 2022 that there was no medical proof to again up these claims.
The accused males have been granted conditional bail within the Supreme Courtroom in August, 2022 and a District Courtroom trial in Sydney has been set down for October 23, 2023.
MacGill performed 44 Checks for Australia, taking 208 wickets. He additionally featured in three one-day worldwide matches, gathering six wickets.
He’s broadly considered the second-best Take a look at leg spin bowler behind the good Shane Warne and would have performed way more worldwide cricket if he was born in a distinct period.
The primary Take a look at of The Ashes begins on June 21 at Edgbaston. Australia drew the sequence in opposition to England the final time they travelled to the Previous Dart for The Ashes, however haven’t received the sequence in England since 2001.
