The League has spoken to the woman and her husband at the centre of the complaint against the 29-year-old, which happened at a community football function on Saturday.
It has also spoken to the Brisbane Lions and is fully supportive of the club’s decision to indefinitely suspend the former Carlton forward.
However, the League will not speak to Fevola until the Queensland Police have completed their investigation into the alleged indecent incident.
“The AFL doesn’t and won’t tolerate inappropriate or indecent behaviour towards women,” general manager of football operations Adrian Anderson said on Wednesday.
“We are extremely concerned by this matter and take the complaint that has been made very seriously.
“It is also important that as the matter is in the hands of Queensland Police that we do not cut across their investigation and we will be liaising with them concerning the manner in which we handle our investigation.”
The AFL was informed on Tuesday afternoon of the incident, which was confirmed by the club in a press conference on Wednesday.
Anderson said while it was too early to speculate on an appropriate sanction for Fevola, who is a serial offender when it comes to off-field misbehaviour, he didn’t rule out a possible contract termination.
“There are provisions for all sorts of things under the AFL rules,” Anderson said.
“What we need to do first and foremost is to make sure we get the facts straight and we don’t interfere with the police.
“There is obviously a range of sanctions available but the important thing for us now is to get to the bottom of this and that’s what we need to do first.”
Anderson said alcohol did not appear to be a factor in this case.
He also said Fevola was yet to make an admission to the Lions, who reportedly spoke to him on Wednesday morning.
Anderson condemned Fevola’s alleged actions and said they should not be considered as representative of the League’s body of players.
“The vast majority of AFL players conduct themselves with respect towards women, which is why it’s extremely disappointing when we find ourselves dealing with a situation such as this,” he said.
“Without pre-judging what has actually occurred, I think it’s wrong to take the fact of a complaint against one player as a slur on the playing group as a whole.”
