Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested in Sydney on Sunday morning, following a police investigation into the assault of a 29-year-old woman. The cricketer has been suspended indefinitely by Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) for the time being, who are using all the legal resources at their disposal to “look after Gunathilaka’s interests.” Quite a contradiction! That the cricketer enjoyes the “full support of the Sri Lankan high commissioner and Sri Lankan cricket board” speaks volumes about the overall disregard for the gravity of his crime and security of females, in general. More distressingly, SLC secretary has also expressed concern about the “media hype” surrounding the charges. Perhaps, he, too, has forgotten that sexual assault is a serious crime, and the man in question has a history of behavioural indiscretions. Gunathilaka’s cavalier attitude has become a big part of his brand. Complete with bleary-eyed selfies, his lack of professionalism has gotten him in trouble on several occasions. The cricketer was suspended for six games in 2017 after missing training and showing up to the dressing room without his kit bag. While serving this sentence, Gunathilaka was suspended for another six games on account of breaching curfew and just last year, the cricketer was one of the three players sent home from England for violating bio-secure bubble protocols. He was then handed a one-year suspension, which was later reduced to six months despite insistence that the cricketer lacked remorse. It appears that Gunathilaka has not learned from his mistakes and has dug himself into another hole: this time, for a much more severe breach. Perhaps, the leniency he has been shown for his non-compliance in the past has emboldened the cricketer to believe that he is untouchable. It is not unusual for people in positions of power to evade the implications of their actions and sexual assault is a crime that deals precisely with these questions of power, specifically, power imbalances. *