Canberra Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton has broken his silence over his arrest on the weekend after an incident also involving Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell.
Wighton and Mitchell are due to face court on February 22 following an incident outside a Canberra nightclub on Bunda Street at 3.45am on Sunday.
In an ACT Police statement, it was revealed Wighton was charged with fighting in a public place and failing to comply with an exclusion direction, while Mitchell was charged with resisting a territory public official, fighting in a public place and affray.