The girl on the centre of the Tim Paine sexting scandal has been accused of allegedly sending messages and her images of sexual nature to his brother-in-law.
Renee Ferguson, who labored as a receptionist at Cricket Tasmania, had claimed that she was sexually harassed by 4 staff together with the previous Australian Test skipper, throughout her time working there from 2015 to 2017.
Ferguson demanded almost AUD 1 million in damages from the cricketing physique, claiming she made complaints to totally different senior workers members, towards three male colleagues, alleging sexual harassment in that very same interval.
However, in accordance with Federal Court paperwork, Cricket Tasmania has rejected the allegations of Ferguson and accused her of initiating sexting, the Herald Sun reported.
The defence in her lawsuit claims that Ferguson shared images of her breasts, open mouth, and the penis of a person she was sleeping with to Paine’s brother-in-law Shannon Tubb, the report additional cited.
She additionally allegedly despatched Tubb, who was Cricket Tasmania’s high-performance coach on the time, a photograph of her bare high half saying she was ‘sore’ after a sexual encounter with one other man. In virtually 1,500 messages they exchanged, she had allegedly even requested Tubb to affix her for a drink when she was together with her feminine good friend. Tubb had advised the court docket that he and Ferguson have been good associates and so they had shared messages however these have been mutually exchanged and have been consensual.
“Mr Tubb admitted that he and (Ms Ferguson) had shared messages, but said the messages were mutually exchanged and consensual in nature,” the court docket paperwork claimed.
‘Mr Tubb stated it began as workplace banter which escalated to extra sexual messages and prolonged into non-work hours.”
That [Ferguson] continued her contact with Mr Tubb after she resigned appeared to (Cricket Tasmania) to be inconsistent together with her claims to have been sexually harassed by him.”
Ferguson claimed she knowledgeable different Cricket Tasmania workers about being sexually harassed by its staff however her claims have been allegedly ignored. However, Cricket Tasmania stated her e mail search historical past confirmed no such complaints have been made and the organisation stated an inside investigation into the allegations concluded that digital messaging between them was consensual and doesn’t quantity to sexual harassment.
In the meantime, two different males accused by Ferguson – Paine and venue operations basic supervisor Stephen McMullen have additionally denied the sexual harassment allegations. Paine was additionally cleared in an inside investigation into the claims and concluded the previous skipper didn’t interact in any “non-consensual or unsolicited” conduct with Ms Ferguson.
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