South Sydney stars Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have urged team-mate Jaxson Paulo to take police action over death threats after last Thursday night’s 26-22 loss to Penrith and called on players to publicly expose online abuse.
Paulo received the death threats in direct messages to his social media account following an error-ridden performance against the premiers and the Rabbitohs have encouraged him to follow the lead of Mitchell, whose police complaints led to two men being charged.
However, after seeing the messages sent to the 22-year-old on social media they believe police action is warranted. “It has blown me away that anyone thinks they can write that sort of stuff to a person and not think it is going to have any impact on the way that person lives.”