Israel Folau has removed his Twitter and Instagram accounts the day before his legal stoush against Rugby Australia and the NSW Waratahs gets underway in Melbourne.
The former Wallabies player wants $10 million in damages and his contract reinstated after he was sacked for a social media post in April about people who will go to hell unless they repent for their sins. The committed Christian says he was dismissed on religious grounds over his April Instagram post, in which he paraphrased a Bible passage stating that"drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters" were destined for hell.A spokesperson for Folau and the law firm representing him, Macpherson Kelley, were contacted on Monday afternoon after Folau deleted his social media accounts.
Lawyers for Folau, Rugby Australia and the NSW Waratahs will appear at the Federal Circuit Court in Melbourne for a directions hearing before Chief Judge Will Alstergren on Tuesday.Folau and Rugby Australia failed to reach an agreement at a Fair Work Commission mediation hearing in June, leaving the former star player claiming he had"no choice but to commence court action" after losing his multimillion-dollar contract.More than 20,000 people have donated about $2.
The page replaced an earlier GoFundMe fundraiser, which the platform removed for breaching its service guidelines.
No he does it. If he had done this earlier we wouldn’t be in this situation of him trying to screw Rugby in the county.
Why would Falou delete his posts now. Will it affect his case by being there for all to see. Why didn’t he think about this before, and think this post may affect my professional career, my future?
Definitely seems like he's regretting a post or 3 these days.
Is that too save himself from himself
Interesting tactic, they won’t be totally gone. Has he destroyed evidence?
Folau could have been remembered as a Wallabies great!... instead he'll be remembered as that loony Christian pest who scammed his own followers...what a sad and pathetic ending to what was an otherwise amazing career
Tier2RugbyForum Maybe an out of court deal is in the offing and leaving social media is a prerequisite? Maybe he's grown tired of all the abuse hurled his way? I hardly think it is a cunning ploy aimed at winning his case
Did God instruct him to do that
It's to stop the flood gates of trolls.
My contempt for this is beyond bounds
Folau’s relevance rapidly fading Great to see the wallabies thumping win without him
Nothing to add, Your Honour.
Had he done that 12 months ago they wouldn't be his former employees.
Not the sharpest tool...
Pretty standard step to take with pending court case I would have thought
Must have a good reason. God is with you Israel! Go forth and conquer
Does he really think that there aren't multiple copies of his social media posts in various places? More importantly, might this be contempt of court, as his social media posts are evidence in the case? No wonder his lawyers didn't respond.
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