AMANDA Turnbull’s family has defended her integrity saying allegations she is involved in race fixing are nothing but rumour.
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Amanda, the daughter of harness racing legend Steve Turnbull, and the lead female harness driver in NSW at the moment, was one of four people arrested by Victorian police for questioning, on Sunday night; all were released without charge.
In a statement released by Harness Racing Victoria, the organisation said in June 2015, Harness Racing Victoria’s (HRV) Integrity Department initiated an investigation into matters relating to the conduct of a race at Cobram on 22 June, 2015, particularly with respect to the training arrangements and associated betting activity surrounding the relevant race.
The extensive investigation conducted by the HRV Integrity Department resulted in it referring the matter to the Victoria Police Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit in November, 2015.
On Sunday night detectives from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit (SIIU) arrested Amanda, along with her boyfriend Nathan Jack, and two other people for questioning.
Amanda’s father, Steve, said Amanda was an ‘innocent victim’.
“We are all devastated,” he said.
“She is an innocent victim in the whole show. She is so upset; she didn’t even go to the meeting [where the alleged race fixing occurred] and wasn’t down as the trainer. She is really stressed to think these allegations have come against her name, all they are at the moment are rumours.”
