Sayers quits as Carlton president after being cleared by AFL investigation

Luke Sayers has quit as Carlton president despite the AFL finding that his X account was compromised and he was not responsible for posting a lewd image.
An image was shared from Sayers’ account on January 8 in a post that also tagged an executive from one of Carlton’s corporate partners, prompting the Blues to report the matter to the AFL and the integrity unit to investigate.
Carlton president Luke Sayers.Credit: Elke Meitzel
The AFL and Sayers released separate statements on Wednesday afternoon about the incident.
The league said it had concluded its investigation and found Sayers had not breached its rules.
“The AFL has been in ongoing contact with Mr Sayers and his representatives, the Carlton Football Club and the club’s corporate partner including the executive tagged in the post, who have all assisted the AFL in its inquiries,” the league said.
“The integrity unit’s inquiries, which included multiple interviews and review of other evidence, have now concluded and the AFL has found, based on the available evidence, that access to Mr Sayers’ X account was compromised, resulting in the posting of the image (i.e. by a person not being Mr Sayers) and tagging of another person.
“Accordingly, the AFL has determined that Mr Sayers did not breach AFL rules in connection with the posting of the image.
“Once he was made aware of the post, Mr Sayers immediately acted to have the image removed and to shut down his X account.
“The AFL wishes to thank the executive who was unwittingly tagged in the post, her cooperation and assistance throughout the inquiries have been extremely helpful.”