Swimming Australia head coach Leigh Nugent says he wasn't aware of any use of Stilnox by swimmers during the London Olympics, after an independent review of the incidents is revealed.
Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, James Magnussen and Matt Targett will front the media over their role in the London Olympics disaster. Source: Getty Images
UPSET: Jade Neilsen has told her side of the story. Source: The Courier-Mail
OLYMPIC swimmer Jade Neilsen has spoken out about Australian Swimming's night of shame, accusing three members of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay team of "inappropriate behaviour" towards her and a female roommate.
Neilsen and her roommate at the team staging camp in Manchester were awoken by late night phone calls, door knocking and disruptive behaviour by James Magnussen, James Roberts and Cameron McEvoy.
"I will confirm that they were being inappropriate and it was towards (name withheld) and I," Neilsen said.
"I won't specifically say (what happened). It has sort of already come out pretty much what they've done.
"All I can say is their behaviour was completely inappropriate, it was so inappropriate it was not funny. That is all I can really say about that."
The trio, along with their relay squad members Matt Targett, Eamon Sullivan and Tommaso D'Orsogna, are under investigation from Swimming Australia for alleged misuse of the prescription drug Stilnox during a wild bonding night.
Swimmers to be named and shamed
The six swimmers, Swimming Australia president Barclay Nettlefold and Swimmers' Association chief executive Daniel Kowalski will hold a media conference in Sydney today to address the allegations of misbehaviour of the team during the Olympic campaign.
The Courier-Mail understands the trouble began after midnight with door knocking and phone calls to the females' rooms.
When Neilsen answered the door, Magnussen barged through with McEvoy behind him, with the duo wearing nothing but jeans.
One of the men then tried to lay on the bed of Neilsen's roommate, who ordered him away.
Magnussen in Stilnox probe
Both women have told their coaches they felt frightened by the behaviour of the men, as they were stumbling and acting "strangely", and both men were promptly kicked out of the room.
Later, in the early hours of the morning, two men returned and started banging on the door - Roberts, wearing nothing but his underwear, and McEvoy. They were not allowed to enter the room.
The women told their coaches the next morning who reported the incident to Australian head coach Leigh Nugent, who did not take any action.
Nugent admitted for the first time on Wednesday that he had been made aware of the Manchester incident.
Swimmers didn't want it enough
Nugent said he dismissed it as "childish behaviour" and claimed the identity of the culprits was never revealed to him.
Neilsen and her roommate wanted the issue dealt with privately within the team, but were upset when the men were not disciplined.
They never wanted the issue to become public and are upset that the entire swim team's name was dragged through the mud.
"It should have been handled in Manchester or as soon as we got into the village, but it just wasn't and unfortunately the boys have paid the price for that," she said.
"Well, the whole team has paid the price for that, not just the boys."
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