Magpies employee resigns following 'unacceptable' Alice Springs camp behaviour
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A Collingwood employee has resigned following an alcohol-fuelled incident during a club community camp in the Northern Territory last month.
According to reports from SEN, a male football department staffer acted inappropriately while intoxicated on the final night of the week-long camp in the Northern Territory.
Subsequent reports claim the staffer performed a lap dance on a bar patron during the club's annual trip.
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Attendance at the camp included all first-year players from both the men's and women's programs, as well as multiple football department staff members and select board members.
In a statement released on Thursday, the club confirmed an incident recently occurred and a staff member's subsequent departure.
"Collingwood can confirm that an incident occurred during recent interstate travel that required an investigation by the club," it read.
"As soon as the club became aware of the incident, it moved quickly to address the matter and during this process, the employee involved tendered their resignation, which the club accepted.
"Our focus remains on supporting all team members and ensuring our environments remain professional and consistent with the values we stand for."
A senior club source told The Age the junior staffer behaved inappropriately towards another person while at the hotel.
The man, who worked in rehab within Collingwood's high-performance team, tendered his resignation last week, which the Magpies promptly accepted following a club investigation.
Sources confirmed alcohol was a factor in the incident.
The trip was a showcase for the club's cultural immersion program, which started in Tennant Creek before moving to Alice Springs.
"Part of our induction for new players, the cultural immersion program focuses on fostering meaningful connection, deepening understanding and working side by side with the local community," a joint post on the club's AFLW and AFL Instagram accounts on November 29 said.
The AFL was informed of the incident, but since the staffer quit, the league's integrity unit chose not to pursue any further investigation.
