Ben Barba's rugby league career is thrown a lifeline with no conviction recorded after pleading guilty to assaulting his brother-in-law.
Ben Barba's rugby league career has been thrown a lifeline with no conviction recorded after pleading guilty to assaulting his brother-in-law.
Once considered the best NRL player in the world, Barba's defence team argued his future in the sport could be over if a criminal conviction was recorded. Barba pleaded guilty to three charges; assault occasioning bodily harm, breaching bail conditions and failing to complete a community service order.
Magistrate James Morton ordered him to pay $1,500 in fines and $1,000 in compensation to his brother-in-law, Adrian Currie."You've gone from the penthouse to the shithouse in a blink of an eye," Mr Morton said.In his sentencing remarks, Mr Morton decided not to record a conviction on his criminal record in part due to an opportunity to play rugby league in Spain with the Valencia Huracanes in 2021.
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