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The NRL has fined NSW Origin captain James Tedesco $10,000 after he was accused of saying ‘Squid Games’ at a woman of Vietnamese descent outside a Bondi nightclub last month.
The NRL Integrity Unit investigation into the incident has failed to prove any allegation of racist behaviour but the Roosters star has been given a breach notice for drunken and disorderly behaviour and bringing the game into disrepute.
“The National Rugby League has issued Sydney Roosters player James Tedesco with a Breach Notice alleging he behaved in a drunken and disorderly manner and also brought the game into disrepute in Bondi on 20 October, 2021,” an NRL statement read.
“Tedesco’s Breach Notice proposes a $10,000 fine and that he must undergo education and training as directed by the NRL.
“The particulars of the Breach Notice are that Tedesco allegedly engaged in drunken and disorderly behaviour directed at members of the public which caused offence.
“Tedesco has 5 business days to respond to the Breach Notice.”
Tedesco reportedly maintained he was talking about Netflix’s South Korean series Squid Games when he was overheard by Tiffany Trinh, who is of Vietnamese descent.
Katherine Trinh, Tiffany’s sister, posted about the alleged incident on Instagram.
The sisters were interviewed during the integrity unit’s investigation.
“Last night you felt compelled to say ‘Squid Game’ at my sister when you walked past her outside of Beach Road in Bondi,” Katherine Trinh wrote on her social post.
The Roosters immediately launched an internal investigation into the matter and said Tedesco was only making a joke towards his friends while in close proximity to Tiffany Trinh.
“After we found out about the Instagram post we thoroughly investigated the matter,” Roosters chief executive Joe Kelly said in October.
“There was absolutely no interaction between James Tedesco with this group of people. We categorically deny that anything untoward occurred.”
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