<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Perth football club has been suspended from its league for two years after a player dressed up as late physicist Stephen Hawking viewing fake child abuse material.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The player was in a wheelchair with a mock-up of a communication system that had doctored images of a fake pornographic website on it as part of the Osborne Park Football Club's "Silly Sunday" end-of-season celebrations at Robinson Reserve in August.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stirling Mayor Mark Irwin said council staff were "very distressed" to find the discarded costume during a routine inspection of the headquarters a couple of days later and reported the matter.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/illegal-dumping-what-is-it-examples-penalty-fines-state-by-state-explainer/73b9cd81-15a3-42ee-96e1-8a5d29aedc64" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>This common sight on Aussie kerbs could cop you a $500,000 fine</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Perth Football League has now announced that the club will be unable to compete for two seasons after ruling the incident a severe breach of its integrity standards.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At a club-sanctioned event, offensive material was displayed depicting a doctored image of a child in a pornographic context," Perth Football League boss Andrew Dawe said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Senior club officials were present but failed to act."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-osborne-park-football-club-suspended-after-player-dressed-up-as-stephen-hawking/a4c98a3c-e08c-4de0-8279-ce588d0e8022" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The suspension will begin in two weeks, but the club has that time to appeal the decision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>WA Police investigated the costume and found "no criminality".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The City of Stirling has, however, chosen to evict the club from its headquarters, arguing that it breached the behaviour clause in the lease agreement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Survivors of child abuse talking to us about the impact it has on them, I don't think any of them would find this a joke, or find it funny, or find that there is a level of this that is acceptable in our community," Irwin told reporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't believe there is any way of explaining how this is okay."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/maitland-council-giving-away-free-australia-flags-to-residents-lead-up-to-australia-day/7543617d-9999-4068-9fea-f3733fe23143" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Be proud': Council giving away free flags for Australia Day</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Osborne Park Football Club president Jeremy LaBianca issued a statement in early October saying the player had only used photos of himself and nobody else in the fake material.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was an offensive and incredibly distasteful costume, I am in no way trying to dispute that or defend the decision," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The allegation of child pornography hits me really hard - as it does for many members of our community who are parents, own businesses and/or have public-facing roles."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>LaBianca had earlier said he was "really embarrassed that we allowed this to happen and that we didn't intervene on the day".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands that the player involved is also embarrassed by his behaviour and apologises for any distress caused.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He is also upset with the impact of his actions on the club. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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