Hayne, who is currently behind bars, and ineligible for parole until 2025, lodged a Notice of Intention to Appeal in the NSW Supreme Court.
The notice of intention is for “all grounds”, meaning he is appealing the two guilty verdicts as well as the sentence.
His lawyers now have six months to formally lodge the appeal.
He kept a taxi waiting while he went inside the woman’s home and assaulted her, before travelling back to Sydney.
Hayne maintained the sex was consensual.
Judge Helen Syme, delivering the sentence, yesterday said it was clear the woman had been resisting Hayne during the sexual assault.
“I do not accept he was not aware that she was attempting to push him away and trying to physically resist him… it was very clear she said no several times,” Judge Syme said.
“I have found the offender was fully aware that the victim was not consenting and went ahead anyway. His decision to do so increases the objective seriousness,” she said.
The 33-year-old was a superstar in the NRL, playing for Parramatta Eels and briefly for the Gold Coast Titans.
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