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'Incredibly traumatic experience': third woman eyes legal action over Swans hotel ordeal

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'Incredibly traumatic experience': third woman eyes legal action over Swans hotel ordeal

Lawyers for a third woman who allegedly endured sexual assault during a hotel gathering of Sydney Swans players say she is suffering an "incredibly traumatic experience".

Personal injury specialist Slater and Gordon has been engaged by one of now three women allegedly hired as adult entertainers to party with five Swans players at the Pullman Hotel in East Melbourne on Monday morning.

The firm has been asked to determine whether the woman "involved in the alleged sexual assaults" has grounds to file a civil claim, says senior lawyer Jackson Pannam.

''Everyone deserves to be safe going about their life, at home, at work and in public spaces without risk of being assaulted or harmed,'' he said in a statement on Saturday.

According to Mr Pannam, the woman, who contacted police immediately after the alleged assault, has had her world turned upside down and is navigating an "incredibly traumatic experience".

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''We will be putting all of the relevant parties on notice in due course,'' he earlier told reporters.

''We're standing with our client to give her support at this difficult time and to help her get the justice she deserves.''

A potential civil claim would be separate to any criminal proceedings.

Two other women at the centre of an investigation involving the five players were subjected to "abhorrent" actions, the women's lawyer had alleged.

The Sydney Swans have "categorically confirmed" no members of the AFL club's staff were involved in police investigations into the alleged sexual assault at Melbourne's Pullman Hotel.

Five players - Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice and James Jordon - have been suspended for the rest of the season for "breaching club standards".

The sanctions on the five men are separate to the police investigations into sexual assault allegations and the events at East Melbourne's Pullman Hotel in the early hours of Monday morning.

Victoria Police and Sydney released separate statements on Saturday, with the Swans repeating a previous statement that no club representatives other than the five suspended players were in the hotel room in question.

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