The father of James Hird has accused Eddie McGuire of inadvertently being at the centre of a fake radio segment at the height of the Essendon drugs scandal.
A woman claiming to be the mother of one of the Essendon players embroiled in the doping storm famously accused the Bombers and Hird of treating players like “guinea pigs” while speaking to McGuire in a 2013 radio segment.
As revealed in News Corp’s special investigation into the Essendon drugs scandal, Hird’s father Allan has suggested the interview was “a fake to undermine James Hird and Essendon”.
Melbourne woman ‘Sarah’ — whose true identity was not revealed — spoke to McGuire on his Triple M Breakfast Show at the time and became emotional as she described the scandal as “an absolute debacle”.
