Lara Bingle's legal team have hit back at the AFL, saying the league would not accept their original complaint over the Brendan Fevola photo saga.

On Friday AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou publicly accused Bingle's lawyers of being uncooperative while also taking a swipe at her agent Max Markson.

Having already spoken to Fevola over the infamous nude photograph, Demetriou said the AFL had "made several requests to interview Ms Bingle but they haven't agreed to those requests, that's their prerogative.

"I'm not sure why they wouldn't want to."

But law firm Kennedys, who are representing Bingle, released a statement in response late on Saturday attacking the AFL.

"She is not the one under investigation and she made her complaint publicly and clearly this week in a national women's magazine," the statement, which was released in point form, read.

"Further, since the AFL refused to accept her public complaint, we made the complaint on her behalf to the AFL.

"We became very concerned when the AFL would not even accept the complaint we made on her behalf before they proceeded with their investigation."

The release went on to state that the firm had sent two statutory declarations on Saturday before, curiously, demanding the AFL release the two declarations - plus any correspondence with Fevola.

"Since the AFL wants to conduct their investigation in public, we now call on the AFL to release to the public those statutory declarations, Brendan Fevola's statement and the email correspondence with us since they started their so-called 'investigation'," it read.

"Lara Bingle did not take the photo, did not keep it, did not circulate it and did not publicise it - and in these circumstances the AFL still demanded that she make herself available to a tape recorded interview by their investigator.

"It is not surprising that we have acted to protect Lara from this interrogation by the AFL when she has been subjected to two weeks of one of the most disgraceful and unprecedented attacks on character in this country.

"It was completely insensitive and oppressive for the AFL to pursue her in this manner at this time."

The statement also said the AFL had "a clear conflict of interest" and the investigation of Fevola should be referred to an independent body or person, "preferably a woman, such as a judge or senior counsel".

Bingle's lawyers then ended their statement by saying: "Finally, we are not seeking publicity by this media release.

"This is intended to be a response to the publicity sought by the AFL for its investigation. It is intended to address serious matters that needed to be said for the record."

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