Police say they are ready to receive a formal complaint from the woman who accused former All Black Robin Brooke of having sex with her when she was "comatose".
The woman this week told TVNZ's Close Up that Brooke had sex with her in 1998, when she was 18, after a night of heavy drinking.
One of her friends said she saw Brooke with the "comatose" teen and told him to stop.
The woman complained to the New Zealand Rugby Union but did not go to police.
All Black manager at the time, Mike Banks, said the woman complained that Brooke had been drinking and had refused to leave her property.
"The allegations that were on air on Close Up were far more serious than those that were conveyed to me by the complainants," he said.
Police Assistant Commissioner Grant Nicholls yesterday said that he was aware the woman had told media she would consider laying a complaint to the police when she felt ready.
"I would like her to know that police are ready to discuss any aspect of the allegations made should she choose to speak with us," he told The New Zealand Herald.
"It is important that anyone who believes they have been a victim... knows they will be listened to and taken seriously when they come to police."
It was reported yesterday that the incident cost Brooke the All Black captaincy after the resignation of Taine Randell.
But the then All Blacks coach John Hart told Close Up he did not know about the alleged incident until much later and it did not influence the captaincy decision.
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