Hayne’s fresh look after exiting jail

Former rugby league player Jarryd Hayne has been snapped with a fresh look days after leaving jail following a successful appeal of his rape convictions.

The 36-year-old former Parramatta Eel was released from prison on Tuesday after a court overturned his rape convictions for a second time.

Hayne spent more than a year behind bars after a jury found him guilty in April 2023 of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.

Shedding his prison greens, a noticeably trimmer Hayne was spotted returning to a property in Merrylands in western Sydney on Friday.

Hayne is understood to be staying at the property and was seen in a Calvin Klein shirt, khaki slacks, and carrying a coffee keep-cup.

The former footy star’s new found freedom comes amid uncertainty around the prospect of a fourth trial into the allegations.

Hayne will return to court on July 26, giving the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions time to decide whether to retry the 36-year-old.

In an earlier statement, the ODPP said “any decision about a possible retrial will be made in accordance with the prosecution guidelines”.

Hayne has always denied the allegations.

The state’s highest court quashed Hayne’s conviction after it ruled the trial judge erred by not allowing further examination of the complainant.

Hayne has faced three trials now into allegations he sexually assaulted a woman at a Newcastle home on the night of the 2018 NRL Grand Final.

The first trial in 2021 resulted in a hung jury and thus not able to reach a verdict; the subsequent trial in 2021 found him guilty, but the verdict was overturned.