A sports reporter accepted $50,000 in cash from Melbourne billionaire Adrian Portelli for badging him with a different nickname to the one he found disrespectful.
Nine sports presenter Alex Cullen has been stood down from his role after allegedly accepting a $50,000 cash prize from a high-profile businessman in exchange for re-branding him from “Lambo guy” to “McLaren Man” on air.
Billionaire property investor Adrian Portelli gained notoriety as “the Lambo guy” in 2022 after arriving at a house auction forin a yellow Lamborghini. He ended up splashing nearly $32 million on Block houses in 2022, 2023 and 2024, when he bought all five properties.
Portelli last week denied the charges instigated by South Australia’s Consumer and Business Services, which has alleged that the business did not hold a licence to conduct lotteries in that state.The Block , or a cash prize of $3 million. Winning the prize “involved an element of chance”, the documents alleged.
Portelli and his company face a maximum penalty of $190,000, which he has told social media followers he will round up to $200,000 if convicted.journalist who first reported that Cullen had been stood down, offering a $5000 reward for the best comment posted to her profile.Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights.
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