Former AFL stars Dion Prestia and Steven May charged in connection with a December 2024 Sorrento brawl that hospitalized two men.

Former AFL teammates Dion Prestia and Steven May have been charged in connection with a December 27, 2024, brawl in Sorrento, Victoria, where two men were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Both men, who played together at Gold Coast starting in 2011, are set to appear in court on November 27. Prestia, a three-time premiership winner with Richmond, denies involvement and the charge of recklessly causing serious injury. May, a former Gold Coast captain and Melbourne defender with 251 AFL games, faces an affray charge and has not commented. A 26-year-old man from Blairgowrie was also charged with affray. Detectives interviewed three individuals during the investigation. Both players are entitled to the presumption of innocence.