Mother of Broncos star Payne Haas jailed for violent assault at casino

The mother of an NRL star has been jailed over a violent altercation with security staff outside a Gold Coast casino.

Uiatu ‘Joan’ Taufua has been jailed. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled

The mother of Broncos prop Payne Haas has been jailed over a violent altercation outside a Gold Coast Casino.

Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, 46, was sentenced to nine months in jail for punching and spitting at security staff at the Star Casino in May this year.

She pleaded guilty at Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday to serious assault offences and contravening police directives.

Her sentence will be suspended on 1 October meaning she will only serve one month behind bars.

Uiatu "Joan" Taufua, mother of Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas, was jailed on Wednesday over a violent altercation outside a Gold Coast casino. (AAP Image/Dan Peled)

It’s not the first time the mother of nine has been in trouble with the law.

In 2019, she attacked a delivery driver for cutting her off in the drive-through of a Gold Coast McDonald’s, leaving him with a fractured cheekbone, a hole in his lip and a deviated nose.

Ms Taufua and two of her children followed their victim into a loading dock where they proceeded to verbally and physically abuse him, calling him a “f***ing dog”.

The court heard at the time the driver was punched and kneed to the head while Ms Taufua held him in place.

Payne’s mother was also charged with assault in 2019 over an attack on a delivery driver for which she received a suspended sentence. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Haas debuted for the Broncos in 2018 and has played for NSW in the State of Origin as well as representing Australia at an international level.

When Ms Taufua appeared in court in 2019 she faced media outside wearing a blue State of Origin scarf.

“Go the Blues,” she told reporters.

Originally published as Mother of Broncos star Payne Haas jailed for violent assault at casino