The former rugby league personality will take on the media giant in his latest legal drama.
High-profile rugby league television personality Paul Kent has launched proceedings against News Corp over his dismissal after a late-night street brawl in Sydney’s inner west., pleaded guilty to affray over the incident, in which he was propelled into a roadside tree by a stranger, and was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond by a magistrate.
The application, which pits Kent against Nationwide News, a subsidiary of News Corp, is to “deal with contraventions involving dismissal”. It has been filed under Section 365 of the Fair Work Act, which concerns disputes over dismissals. Kent’s employment lawyer, Henry Coventry, declined to comment on Wednesday and Kent and News Corp were also contacted for comment.There were signs that all had been far from well in the relationship between Kent and News Corp when he faced court over the alcohol-fuelled altercation that has derailed his career.
Elias said at the time that Kent had turned to alcohol to cope. The court heard he had consumed 21 schooners of beer on the day he clashed with another man, Tamer Uzun, outside Three Weeds Hotel in Rozelle in April.
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