The former player, who was found guilty of assaulting his former girlfriend, has launched an appeal to have the conviction overturned.
The former Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders player was last year convicted of multiple charges and sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order.
The 25-year-old was found guilty after a hearing of three charges, including assault occasioning bodily harm, relating to attacks on his former partner Tay-Leiha Clark.
In giving his judgment, Magistrate Daniel Covington ruled the former NRL star had assaulted Ms Clark during an altercation at her parents’ home in Sylvania.
The assault caused injuries to Ms Clark’s head, forearm and wrist.
He also found that during a holiday at Lake Conjola on the NSW south coast, Scott charged into Ms Clark, knocking her to the ground.
Scott was also found guilty of a further verbal altercation during which…