The Collingwood Football Club is facing new allegations of racism, with its chief executive officer Craig Kelly accused of making slurs and jokes about Indigenous culture.
Collingwood Football Club is being sued by its former head of First Nations strategy, Mark Cleaver , according to documents filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court.
Mr Cleaver, who is non-binary, is now suing Collingwood. He has alleged he suffered "hurt, humiliation and distress" and "economic loss" after the club terminated his employment in May this year. Mr Kelly allegedly threw a marngrook — a football made of possum hair — at Mr Cleaver and said, "I don't give a f*** what you put in there, put this shit in there".
Mr Kelly allegedly described a female elder as "that dumb old bitch" in the presence of Mr Cleaver, after a meeting with leaders of First Nations men's behavioural change organisation Dardi Munwurro.
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