Penrith Panthers player Taylan May issued show-cause notice, fighting to save NRL career
Taylan May is fighting to save his NRL career at Penrith after the Panthers issued the centre with a show-cause notice in the first step towards terminating his seven-figure contract.
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Taylan May is fighting to save his NRL career at Penrith after the Panthers issued the centre with a show-cause notice in the first step towards terminating his seven-figure contract.
May is currently suspended under the NRL’s no-fault stand-down policy while he faces domestic violence charges, for which he has pleaded not guilty.
The show-cause notice is not related to those charges, but instead a list of alleged off-field indiscretions during his time at the club.
Sources have revealed the Panthers’ board is behind the decision to issue May with the show-cause notice.
The club on Monday night would not confirm a show-cause notice had been issued, but said that the matter of May’s future was before the board.
The Panthers have a board meeting scheduled for next Tuesday where May will have the opportunity to respond to the breach notice.
The 22-year-old signed a two-year contract extension in March, worth $1.2 million, to remain at the club until the end of 2026.
During his time with the Panthers, May was found guilty of assaulting a young fan while celebrating Penrith’s 2021 grand final win in Queensland.
In April, the NRL was made aware of a video was posted to May’s Instagram account of him in the passenger seat of a car driving at 96km/h in a residential zone in Sydney.
May will not play again in 2024 under the no-fault policy as he fights domestic violence charges.
He is due in court on March 10, 2025, where he will defend one charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, as well as two counts of stalking or intimidating another person with the intention of causing them to fear physical or mental harm.
Police allege May punched his wife, Jessika May, in the face and leg during an argument at a home in Werrington in Sydney’s west on April 8.
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