Victoria Police have confirmed the four players at the centre of the Sydney Swans’ Pullman Hotel scandal will not be charged.

Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey and James Jordon have been cleared after an investigation into their night of partying with exotic dancers at the East Melbourne Hotel after an AFL home-and-away match.

It has been revealed there will be no charges laid after an investigation into sexual assault allegations relating to an incident on August 17, with complaints from women that they were inappropriately touched and slapped.

Heeney, Warner, Blakey, Jordon and Bice were suspended for the remainder of the Swans’ AFL season in the wake of the August incident for breaching club standards. Bice has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.

“Sexual Crimes Squad detectives received reports of sexual assault in East Melbourne on 17 August,” Victoria Police said in a statement on Friday.

“The incident occurred at a hotel on Wellington Parade in the early hours of the morning.

“Following a thorough investigation and based on legal advice, Victoria Police will not proceed with criminal charges due to insufficient evidence.

Heeney, Warner, Blakey and Jordon had maintained their innocence throughout the investigation.

Swans teammate Riley Bice was also initially part of the investigation but was subsequently cleared and instead treated as a witness.

Blakey was last month traded to North Melbourne.

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