Former Fremantle Dockers player Ryan Crowley is due to face 17 domestic violence charges next year, with most of the allegations involving his ex-girlfriend, Married At First Sight star Lauren Dunn.
The 42-year-old former AFL midfielder arrived at Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday to face four additional charges involving alleged assault and strangulation. He had already pleaded not guilty to 13 charges earlier this year.
Crowley pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated common assault and three counts of “impeding another person’s normal breathing or blood circulation by applying pressure to the neck”.
A court spokesperson told the Daily Mail that the four new charges “have been remanded to the same dates as the trial that was already listed on March 2, 2027”.
His $80,000 bail has also been extended. The amount includes a $40,000 personal undertaking and a $40,000 surety.
The 17 charges include allegations of aggravated assault, strangulation, assault occasioning bodily harm, threatening behaviour, endangering another person and “being armed or pretending to be armed”.
Former Fremantle Dockers player Ryan Crowley is due to face 17 domestic violence charges next year, most of which relate to alleged attacks on his ex-girlfriend, Married At First Sight star Lauren Dunn
Six of the domestic violence charges were laid in July last year. Prosecutors alleged in court that Crowley attacked 35-year-old Dunn “to the point of almost killing her”.
The historical allegations are said to date from between 2019 and 2020.
Crowley was charged with one count of unlawful assault and one count of threatening to kill.
Those alleged offences are said to have occurred in September 2019.
He also faces one count of unlawful assault, one count of intending to harm, one count of deprivation of liberty and another count of deprivation of liberty in aggravated circumstances. Those charges allegedly relate to events in March 2020.
Five of the six alleged offences were made against Dunn, while the remaining charge relates to alleged abuse involving another woman.
It marked the second time in two months that the former AFL player had appeared in court in connection with domestic violence allegations.
Crowley was granted bail in May 2025 after appearing at Perth Magistrates Court over nine separate domestic violence allegations linked to an alleged incident involving Dunn that year.
Dunn and Crowley ended their relationship in 2023 after five years together
The 42-year-old former AFL midfielder arrived at Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday to face four new assault and strangulation charges, in addition to the 13 charges to which he pleaded not guilty earlier this year
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During proceedings over the historical allegations last year, the court heard that Crowley and Dunn had been in a relationship from 2018 until 2023.
Their relationship was described in court as “toxic” and “highly volatile”.
Dunn has since moved from Western Australia to New South Wales, although she is understood to return to WA regularly for work.
The police prosecutor told the Perth court that one witness had allegedly seen Crowley assault Dunn in 2020 ‘to the point of almost killing her’. The witness had ‘expressed their concerns’ as a result.
The prosecutor said: ‘The accused has shown a propensity for violence.’
The court also heard how Dunn had allegedly received messages from social media users, who had accused her of being a ‘liar’ and a ‘psycho’.
Crowley’s legal counsel confirmed he will plead not guilty to all of the charges.
However, Magistrate Langdon told the court that should he be found guilty of all the charges he would be facing an immediate prison sentence.
Crowley pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated common assault and three counts of ‘impeding another person’s normal breathing or blood circulation by applying pressure to the neck’
‘If you were convicted, you would be looking at an immediate custodial term,’ Magistrate Langdon said at the time.
The Magistrate also granted Crowley bail, despite opposition from prosecutors. Bail was granted subject to several conditions. One of those included a $40,000 surety.
His lawyers argued that there was ‘zero basis’ Crowley wouldn’t comply with his bail conditions, arguing that his type 1 diabetes would ‘be difficult to maintain in custody’.
Defence lawyers for Crowley explained: ‘He already suffered low blood sugar overnight… [the prison officers] only gave him an apple.’
The conditions required Crowley to surrender his passport, report to Northbridge Police Station twice a week, not go within 200m of Dunn and remain in WA.
Dunn and Crowley split in 2023 after five years together.
Crowley retired from professional football in 2016, having played for Fremantle and Essendon.