Penrith Panthers star Kurt Capewell spoke up this week about an X-rated video of him engaging in a sex act with a male that was shot seven years ago under false pretences. The 27-year-old says the footage, on website and also available on various other websites, was from a time in his life when he was “young and naive” and chasing cash.Ĭapewell said he was coerced into taking part in the film with “inducements and extra money” after initially agreeing to be a part of a photo shoot he thought was legitimate.Ĭapewell, who is in a long-term relationship with a female, told teammates via text that he “got talked into doing an (adult film)” but “unknown to me it turned out they put a bloke on the other side of the wall”. It’s understood that reference is to a contraption that the young men being filmed stand on one side of, with a much older man concealed on the other, performing sex acts. RELATED: Kurt Capewell speaks out over X-rated video from seven years ago The footballer’s comments about feeling tricked mirror the experience of another young man who wound up on the website, who also spoke the lies, deceit and manipulation that made it happen.
Kurt Capewell said the video has hung over his head for several years.Ĭallum*, 30, was also tricked into appearing in a video on the same website. He told what started as a friendly conversation with a potential romantic interest turned out to be an elaborate trap countless others had fallen into.