Breaking News:Taylan May appears before the Panthers board to respond to a show-cause notice.
Penrith officials will consult with club lawyers before deciding Taylan May’s future after he and his legal team appeared before the Panthers board on Tuesday afternoon.
Last week, the Herald reported that May received a show-cause notice from the club and was invited to present his case to the board to avoid being sacked for a series of breaches over several years.
The board will consider May’s submission and is expected to reach a decision on his future in the next two to three weeks.
The alleged breaches of the Panthers’ code of conduct are not related to allegations made by his partner that resulted in May being charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of stalking or intimidating another person with the intention of causing them to fear physical or mental harm. May has pleaded not guilty and is due to face court in March next year.
It was a long meeting. There were a lot of issues to discuss with the show-cause notice,” Panthers Group chief executive Brian Fletcher told this masthead.
You just have to tick every box legally with these things. They’re not a cut and dry thing. That’s what the board is a little bit afraid of, to make sure we tick off every box before we make the decision. We should be able to make a decision in the next two to three weeks.”
When asked whether May had played his last game for the Panthers, Fletcher said: “I couldn’t say he has or he hasn’t because the process is only halfway through at the moment.”
When approached after the meeting, May’s lawyer Abdul Reslan declined to comment.
The Panthers star attended the meeting flanked by four legal representatives from Kings Law Group, walking almost 400 metres from a nearby cafe to the club’s headquarters for the appointment with the board. His manager Wok Wright, with whom May left the premises, was also in attendance.
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