- Donnell Wallam has refused to give in to his critics
- Netball star received a vile letter in the mail
- He was at the center of a dispute over $15 million in 2022
Donnell Wallam has insisted she will not back down after being accused of costing the Australian Diamonds $15 million in sponsorship money.
Wallam, 30, sparked a storm in October 2022 when she revealed she felt uncomfortable wearing the Hancock Prospecting logo on the Diamonds’ shirt because of racist comments by the company’s founder Lang Hancock nearly four decades ago.
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person and Lang’s daughter, runs the company and decided to cancel the firm’s $15 million sponsorship deal with the team, plunging Netball Australia into a financial crisis.
In the years since the dispute, Wallam has lost his place in the team and has received vile comments on social media.
But on Wednesday she revealed that she has not only been attacked on social media, sharing a letter from a woman named “Mary” titled “Being influenced by radical Aboriginals”.
Daily Mail Australia decided not to publish the full letter, which told Wallam to “hang her head in shame” and said she was “a disgrace to the Noongar tribe” of Perth, Western Australia.
“As if the online hate wasn’t enough,” Wallam said, sharing the letter on her Instagram page.
‘Mary thought she would send me a letter. I am beyond upset and hurt, but I will never stop defending my people. Blak, Loud and Proud. ALWAYS.’
Donnell Wallam has responded to his critics after receiving a vile letter
She took to Instagram to say she will never back down from defending my people.
‘PS: Any of Mary’s Noongar friends want to come and claim their sister?’
Wallam is a strong advocate for indigenous rights in Australia and expressed support for a Yes vote in last year’s referendum.
The Voice referendum aimed to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and create an advisory body to hear their input on policies.
However, the referendum was unsuccessful: 60 percent of Australians voted against the proposal.