Essendon coach James Hird says his home has never been raided by the Australian Federal Police, as claimed by former Bombers fitness coach Dean Robinson.
Robinson, in an explosive paid interview on Channel Seven on Wednesday night, claimed Hird’s house was once raided by the AFP over a drugs investigation related to Hird’s former personal trainer and convicted drug dealer Shane Charter.
“They’ve never raided my house,” Hird told reporters on Thursday.
Robinson told Seven when sports scientist Stephen Dank joined Essendon on September 28, 2011, the pair went to Hird’s home that night and were told of the alleged raid several years earlier.
“He told us that at 5am … his house got raided,” Robinson said.
“They went through cereal boxes, cupboards, everywhere, looking for things.”
Robinson was stood down when the crisis broke on February 5 and resigned from Essendon last week. He intends to sue the club.
ASADA are close to finishing their investigation into the club.
Robinson claimed in the interview Hird drove Essendon’s controversial supplements program and has been untouchable at the AFL club.
Robinson said Essendon midfielder David Zaharakis was the only player who did not become involved in last year’s controversial supplements program.
Robinson said senior figures at the club, including former chief executive Ian Robson, knew exactly what was going on with the supplements program.
Hird said he had watched some of the interview, but had “definitely not” asked Robinson to investigate an untraceable testosterone cream, as claimed by the sacked fitness coach.
When asked if Robinson could be trusted, Hird said: “Who knows?”
Robinson also accused Hird of having “30-odd” injections of the drug Hexarelin, which is banned for players but not coaches.