Overview
- Cate Sayers’ statement of claim alleges Luke Sayers told the AFL Integrity Unit and Carlton officials that she accessed his X account and posted an explicit photo in January 2025 that tagged a senior Bupa executive.
- The filing says his statutory declaration disclosed her private sexual, medical and mental‑health information to portray her as unstable and untrustworthy.
- She further alleges the document asked police or the AFL not to interview her, which removed any opportunity to respond to the accusations.
- She is seeking exemplary damages and equitable compensation, saying she has been shunned by people in AFL and Carlton circles and has suffered significant distress and embarrassment.
- Luke Sayers has not filed a defence and declined to comment, and although the AFL found he did not post the image, he resigned as Carlton president.