The board of Rebel Sport owner, Super Retail Group, is facing an escalating crisis as Harmers Lawyers says more current and former employees have approached it about a potential lawsuit amid allegations of an undisclosed relationship involving the group’s boss, Anthony Heraghty, as well as governance issues and bullying claims.
“Super Retail is well aware that this is not a ‘shakedown’, but a justifiable legal claim for damages, being deliberately misrepresented,” it said.On Monday, Harmers revealed that a third party, not associated with the retail group, had also approached it “with key evidence about the previously undisclosed personal relationship between Heraghty and his former direct report, and Super Retail’s former chief human resource officer Jane Kelly.
“When Harmers pointed out that it had clear proof of an intimate relationship, and thus a significant unreported conflict of interest, Super Retail’s position immediately shifted,” Harmers said.“As of last Friday, Super Retail revealed to certain of its staff that a relationship does now exist between Mr Heraghty and Ms Kelly – but Super Retail now alleges only from January 2024. However, even from that date, such a relationship carried significant conflicts of interest.
According to the law firm, the complaint was removed from the integrity officer and the head of risk and handed to an HR manager who reported directly to Kelly.On Friday, the group told the ASX that its board had conducted an independently advised investigation into the suggestions of an undisclosed relationship and bullying and concluded that “none of the allegations are substantiated.”Super Retail said it would defend any court proceedings in via its lawyers from Allens.
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