MCC to investigate model Grand Final strip

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In a bizarre postscript to the Grand Final, Gold Coast model Heather McCartney - who goes by the professional name of Eva Darling - was fined $300 by police after attempting to kick, punch and bite officers who tried to detain her shortly after the final siren on Saturday.

Originally from Scotland, McCartney came to Melbourne for the game and admitted a heavy session of drinking mixed with strong medication for aplastic anaemia led to her lewd behaviour.

In what she claimed was a dare, McCartney stripped naked in the box before trying to make her way out the window.
 


It was then that police stepped in, but not before McCartney unleashed a string of insults, allegedly screaming "F--k off, I don’t have to tell you anything. You f---ing r-----," before hitting one officer in the face, hitting another with a high heel shoe and biting another on the finger.

Appearing in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Sunday, McCartney pleaded guilty to a host of charges including acting in an indecent manner, with her lawyer telling the court McCartney "didn’t understand at the time it could lead to police involvement."

Magistrate Alan Spillane labelled her conduct as “pretty nasty offending" before conceding her clean criminal record, along with her remorse after the fact, highlighted her good character.

McCartney was ordered to pay a $300 fine without conviction.

In further odd news following the Grand Final, Australian performer Rob Mills has apologised after being slammed on social media following the publication of a Grand Final image deemed by many to be homophobic.

Mills, a well-known Hawthorn supporter, published a lewd image on his Instagram account as Hawthorn piled on goal after goal during Saturday's match.

Former Sportal reporter Erin Riley was one of the first to criticise the image, saying on Twitter: “It equates receiving anal sex with being beaten or losing — that is homophobic."

Mills, a contestant on Australian Idol back in 2003, apologised on Sunday.

"In the excitement of celebrating the Hawks’ grand final win, I didn’t think about the homophobic implications of the image," said Mills in a statement on his website.

“This incident probably shows how entrenched inadvertent homophobia is in our culture.

“As a long-time supporter of the rights of Australia’s gay community, it’s not good enough and I’m ashamed if I have contributed to it, even in a small way."

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