Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle dismisses reports that the organisation paid $8 million to Israel Folau to settle a lawsuit over the former Wallaby's dismissal.
Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has described reports that the organisation paid $8 million to Israel Folau as part of a legal settlement as"wildly inaccurate".She said Rugby Australia was looking for"certainty" and to move onFolau's contract was terminated by Rugby Australia in May after he posted to social media that homosexuals, among others, would go to hell.
He then took legal action against RA, demanding $14 million in compensation and an apology for what he claimed was an unlawful dismissal. On Thursday morning Castle denied claims in the Daily Telegraph Folau had received an $8 million payout.
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