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BROTHEL owner Eddie Hayson will take legal action over reports that he claims implicated him in allegations of rigging the score in an NRL game.
Mr Hayson, who owns the upmarket Stiletto brothel in Camperdown, yesterday denied any involvement in betting on a round 26 game in which the Sydney Roosters lost to North Queensland after leading the Cowboys 16-0 at halftime.
One report, denied by the club, claimed several Roosters players had a free night at a brothel three days before the game after a day at Randwick races.
"We've been through the records and there's no complimentary service or credit whatsoever from that night," Mr Hayson said.
"They weren't here at all and nor were they here after the game as falsely reported. The accusations are that false we have to have a serious legal look at it."
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Mr Hayson has received an official apology from the gambling website Punting Ace for publishing a fictitious story about the brothel and match fixing.
"Punting Ace apologises for any offence or harm which may have been caused," site editor Matt Elliott wrote.
"Punting Ace reiterates that the article was partly fictitious and apologises unreservedly for any negative inferences which may have been drawn in reference to Eddie Hayson."
Elliott later told The Daily Telegraph: "All along we made it clear that anything to do with the brothel and any of that stuff was pure fiction."
Roosters chief executive Steve Noyce confirmed that the club had played a role in removing the defamatory web page.
"I think the story on the website was in extraordinarily poor taste and this sort of thing just floors you," Mr Noyce said. " We took action for the withdrawal of the story and after a series of phone calls the right outcome was achieved.
"My understanding is that the NRL was satisfied soon after the game that there was nothing untoward and certainly nothing has happened since to change anyone's view of that."
Mr Hayson said that since the website article first appeared he had been harassed by photographers.
He said he sympathised with the management of the Sydney Roosters, looking for new backing after Samsung withdrew its $4 million deal with the club.
"They've just lost their major sponsor and the Roosters are a strong club with a lot of powerful people and they don't deserve this," he said.
"The players don't deserve it. They've had a bad enough year as it is. There's a lot of people's livelihoods at stake here."
In a letter to a newspaper, Mr Hayson's lawyer Patrick George said: "Our client denies any wrongdoing and will take such steps as necessary to protect his reputation."
i hope he buries mangay
Mr Hayson, who owns the upmarket Stiletto brothel in Camperdown, yesterday denied any involvement in betting on a round 26 game in which the Sydney Roosters lost to North Queensland after leading the Cowboys 16-0 at halftime.
One report, denied by the club, claimed several Roosters players had a free night at a brothel three days before the game after a day at Randwick races.
"We've been through the records and there's no complimentary service or credit whatsoever from that night," Mr Hayson said.
"They weren't here at all and nor were they here after the game as falsely reported. The accusations are that false we have to have a serious legal look at it."
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Mr Hayson has received an official apology from the gambling website Punting Ace for publishing a fictitious story about the brothel and match fixing.
"Punting Ace apologises for any offence or harm which may have been caused," site editor Matt Elliott wrote.
"Punting Ace reiterates that the article was partly fictitious and apologises unreservedly for any negative inferences which may have been drawn in reference to Eddie Hayson."
Elliott later told The Daily Telegraph: "All along we made it clear that anything to do with the brothel and any of that stuff was pure fiction."
Roosters chief executive Steve Noyce confirmed that the club had played a role in removing the defamatory web page.
"I think the story on the website was in extraordinarily poor taste and this sort of thing just floors you," Mr Noyce said. " We took action for the withdrawal of the story and after a series of phone calls the right outcome was achieved.
"My understanding is that the NRL was satisfied soon after the game that there was nothing untoward and certainly nothing has happened since to change anyone's view of that."
Mr Hayson said that since the website article first appeared he had been harassed by photographers.
He said he sympathised with the management of the Sydney Roosters, looking for new backing after Samsung withdrew its $4 million deal with the club.
"They've just lost their major sponsor and the Roosters are a strong club with a lot of powerful people and they don't deserve this," he said.
"The players don't deserve it. They've had a bad enough year as it is. There's a lot of people's livelihoods at stake here."
In a letter to a newspaper, Mr Hayson's lawyer Patrick George said: "Our client denies any wrongdoing and will take such steps as necessary to protect his reputation."
i hope he buries mangay
) would be strolling up there telling the staff that someone had promised them a freebie and expecting no less.
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