Tom Silvagni, the son of AFL great Stephen Silvagni and TV presenter Jo Silvagni, can now be publicly identified as the man convicted of two counts of rape. County court judge Andrew Palmer lifted the suppression order on Thursday, ending months of anonymity for the 26-year-old.
Silvagni was found guilty on 5 December of digitally raping his friend's girlfriend at his Melbourne home in the early hours of 14 January 2024. The victim had consensual sex with her boyfriend at the property before the man left via Uber shortly before 2am. Silvagni then lied, telling the woman her boyfriend's Uber had been cancelled and he would return upstairs. Instead, Silvagni entered the dark bedroom and pretended to be the boyfriend before assaulting her twice.
In the days following the attack, Silvagni doctored an Uber receipt to falsely suggest the victim's boyfriend had left after 2.30am. He was charged in June 2024, but his lawyers successfully suppressed his name during the magistrates court and subsequent trial. The suppression was briefly overturned in May 2024, but reinstated by the Supreme Court in August.
Silvagni, who worked as an AFL player agent at Kapital Sports Group, is the brother of St Kilda player Jack Silvagni and former VFL player Ben Silvagni. His father Stephen is a two-time premiership player for Carlton and Hall of Fame inductee, while his mother Jo is a well-known television personality. Silvagni is scheduled to be sentenced in 2025.
