Lawyer claims former Essendon sports scientist Stephen Dank a 'victim of unsubstantiated' allegations Stephen Dank, who is at the centre of the AFL drugs scandal, has been described as a "broken man" by his lawyer. Stephen Dank, who has links to several AFL and NRL clubs, at his Ascot Vale home this week. THE man at the centre of the AFL drugs scandal believes he is a "sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport." A lawyer for Stephen Dank, the former Essendon club sports scientist with links to several AFL and NRL clubs, said his client denied any and all allegations that he had administered illegal substances to athletes in the AFL or NRL. Solicitor Greg Stanton said Mr Dank was the victim of "spurious, tenuous and unsubstantiated" allegations. "None of which have resulted at this point in time in any criminal allegations being levelled against him, let alone a charge being brought under either state or Commonwealth legislation," Mr Stanton said. This man has been in a shameless and flagrant fashion deprived of a 'fair go'. He stands, if I may use this phrase, as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport which this country worships and adores on a day-to-day basis. He is a broken man. Mr Stanton said Mr Dank had never been accused of any wrongdoing while at Essendon and "emphatically denies" any association with convicted drug dealer Shane Charter. "No allegation whilst he was at Essendon emerged nor did any charge of supply of any illegal substance," Mr Stanton said. Mr Dank is a scapegoat - but his expertise, his skill, his knowledge and his credibility will ultimately come to the fore. Details of which sporting stars and clubs are accused of wrongdoing are yet to be revealed. With a cloud hanging over all professional codes, former prime minister Kevin Rudd said it was crucial "clean" athletes were not tarnished by the scandal. That is now being torpedoed by this report," Mr Rudd said. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she found the crime commission's edited report "sickening" but she did not support its release. "But I think we have to let the experts get on with the job," she said.