Stephen Milne will not take part in a tribute to retiring players at the Grand Final. Source: HeraldSun
OUTGOING St Kilda star Stephen Milne will be a Grand Final no-show at the MCG for the tribute to retiring players.
Confusion surrounded the circumstances behind his absence.
A Saints spokesman said: ''The decision for Stephen not to take part in the cavalcade was made mutually by the AFL, the St Kilda Football Club and Stephen Milne.''
But the AFL told the Herald Sun it was Milne's decision not to take part.
''An invitation was extended to Stephen Milne and declined,'' a league spokesman said.
Milne is believed to have been told he may be able to take part next year.
It came as Saints chief executive Michael Nettlefold yesterday announced he was quitting the club.
Retiring AFL players include Milne's teammates Justin Koschitzke and Jason Blake, Jude Bolton, Martin Mattner, Chad Cornes, Andrew Embley, Graham Johncock, Shane Tuck, Aaron Davey and David Hille.
Milne, 33, was charged with four counts of rape in June over an alleged incident at a Highett home on March 15, 2004.
The married father of two retired after 270 games for the Saints at the end of this season.
His rape case was abandoned in 2004 when the Director of Public Prosecutions decided the brief of evidence would not support a conviction, but it was reopened last year following an Office of Police Integrity report recommending a review of the evidence.
Milne has consistently maintained his innocence.
He will face a committal hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court on November 12.
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