Tom Silvagni has filed an appeal against his conviction for the rape of a young woman in his famous family’s home.

In November, Silvagni was sentenced to six years and two months in jail by the Victorian County Court, with eligibility for parole after three years and three months.

On Wednesday morning, Silvagni – who is the son of AFL legend Stephen Silvagni and TV presenter Jo Silvagni (nee Bailey) – filed documents with the Supreme Court appealing against his conviction.

Silvagni had denied he digitally raped the woman – known under the pseudonym Samantha Taylor – at the family’s Melbourne home in the early hours of January 14, 2024.

Ms Taylor, who had a brief relationship with Silvagni’s friend Anthony LoGiudice, had been invited to the house by Silvagni’s girlfriend Alannah Iaconis.

The four of them chatted for some time before heading separately to bed and Ms Taylor had consensual sex with Mr LoGiudice.

He then had to leave so he organised an Uber and left the property shortly before 2am.

Silvagni then went to Ms Taylor’s room and told her that Mr LoGiudice would come back upstairs soon because his Uber had been cancelled.

Rapist Tom Silvagni has filed an appeal against his conviction for the callous and egregious rape of a young woman in his home

Convicted rapist Tom Silvagni (centre) leaves court with his famous mum Jo Silvagni and one of his barristers James Anderson

Silvagni went into the dark bedroom a short time later and pretended to be Mr LoGiudice as he digitally raped the young woman.

She managed to move away and ask directly who he was, and he claimed to be Mr LoGiudice.

Silvagni then grabbed both of Ms Taylor’s hands, pinned her down and digitally raped her a second time as she told him to stop.

Ms Taylor managed to get a hand free and felt his hair, which was longer than Mr LoGiudice’s, and that’s when Silvagni stopped and ran from the room.

He returned a few minutes later and acted as if nothing had happened, asking her if she was OK and requesting a hug before she left.

In the days that followed, Silvagni fabricated an Uber receipt to make it look like Mr LoGiudice had left the Silvagni home after 2.30am, so as to place him at the scene at the time of the rape.

Silvagni admitted forging the receipt but said he did so because he panicked after being falsely accused of rape.

A County Court jury rejected his story, finding him guilty on December 5 of two counts of rape.

Stephen and Jo Silvagni (nee Bailey). The couple are famous in Melbourne thanks to Stephen’s long AFL career with Carlton, and Jo’s TV roles on Sale of the Century and Chemist Warehouse

Tom Silvagni’s girlfriend, model Alannah Iaconis, has stuck by him

Stephen Silvagni leaves court followed by his son Tom

In sentencing, Judge Gregory Lyon outlined Silvagni’s callous lies as he tried to undermine Ms Taylor’s beliefs and prevent her from reporting the crime to police.

‘Your conduct towards Samantha was egregious,’ the judge said.

He noted while Ms Taylor did not sustain physical injuries from the attack, she was left with psychological and emotional trauma.

The judge commended her for showing integrity throughout the court process.

‘Ms Taylor’s demonstrated courage is hopefully a sign she is on the path to recovery,’ Judge Lyon said.

Ms Taylor, who was in court supported by family, wiped away tears at the judge’s comments while Jo Silvagni glared at her from across the room.

Judge Lyon was also critical of Silvagni’s attempt to pin his actions on Mr LoGiudice.

‘Your conduct towards Anthony, who had been a lifelong friend, in your own self-interest was utterly appalling and shameful,’ he said.

The judge noted Silvagni had shown no remorse or insight into his offending, but accepted he was still a young man with no prior convictions.

He acknowledged Silvagni had diagnosed depression and his time in custody would be more difficult as a result.

The Silvagni family home in Balwyn North where the rape occurred

Intense media scrutiny was also a form of additional punishment but the judge found the reporting had been objective and fair throughout the trial.

Judge Lyon sentenced Silvagni to six years and two months behind bars but he will be eligible for parole after three years and three months.

Silvagni’s famous parents Stephen and Jo quickly departed after the sentence, with Jo shoving a female reporter outside court and telling her to go away and do her job.

The couple previously read out a statement to the media, saying their son was innocent and had immediately flagged an intention to appeal.