Chad Warner has become the first of the “Pullman Five” to make a public appearance since being stood down by the club over an ongoing police investigation.

The 25-year-old was spotted walking alongside girlfriend Alice Hughes before returning to their shared home in Paddington on Tuesday.

On Wednesday Warner was again out and about, this time heading to Malabar beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

He is the only suspended player who has been spotted in public since Sydney was thrown into crisis mode over an alleged sexual assault following their win over Essendon on August 17.

Warner was stood down by the club alongside Isaac Heeney, Riley Bice, James Jordan and Nick Blakey as an investigation continues.

The players have denied criminal wrongdoing and no charges have been laid in relation to the police investigation and The West Australian is not suggesting any criminal wrongdoing by any of the players interviewed.

Police said detectives travelled to NSW this week to speak to four people, including men aged 26, 30, 25 and 25 from Randwick, Maroubra, Randwick and Paddington respectively.

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Riley Bice was not among those interviewed by detectives and is instead being treated as a witness, but will remain suspended.

Police said detectives had also spoken to, or would speak to, three men believed to have been in the hotel room at the time of the alleged incident.

“Police now believe they have now identified all parties who were in the room at the time of the alleged incident and are not looking for anyone further,” they said in a statement.

“The investigation into the circumstances remains active and ongoing.”

Sydney also released a statement, again apologising for the distress the incident has caused.

“The wellbeing of those impacted remains of paramount importance,” they said.

“We note that no charges have been laid and that police have indicated the process may take some time to run its course.

“As it remains a police investigation, it is not appropriate to comment further.

“The club again extends its sincere apologies to our members and fans, sponsors and the wider community, along with all of our staff and players across both the women’s and men’s programs, for the distress and disappointment this matter has caused.”

It comes amid suggestions the Swans could move on the players involved as they try to move on from the scandal.

“I think things are changing by the hour and the day,” Dean Cox told AFL360.

“So people upstairs . . . I’m privy to some of those conversations . . . about how we best manage our football team at the minute and focus as heavily as we can on this weekend’s game whilst also supporting those players while they’re not at the club.

“There’s no timeframe on when they will return, we’ll keep talking about it each day and assess the situation from there.”