- Paul Kent took action against News Corp for dismissal
- NRL pundit sacked after wild brawl outside Sydney pub
Former rugby league pundit Paul Kent has reportedly reached a settlement with News Corp in his unfair dismissal case after he was fired for being filmed fighting with a stranger outside a Sydney pub.
Kent, 54, was fired on May 30 while facing court on affray charges following a drunken street fight on April 27.
He later pleaded guilty and was issued a bond for good behavior.
The veteran rugby league journalist was also suspended by News Corp for seven months in 2023 while facing domestic violence charges, which were later dismissed.
Kent has filed an unfair dismissal claim against News Corp, calling her dismissal by the media giant a “sham” and believing she was not given a fair chance to report her side of the story.
The documents also reportedly claimed Kent was unhappy about not being granted the presumption of innocence during domestic violence court hearings and lost seven months of income.
According to his lawsuit, Kent had also been privately dealing with a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome for nearly a decade, and his legal team said the condition is a disability under the law.
Now both parties involved have reached an agreement and the matter is resolved, according to the The Sydney Morning Herald.
Kent declined to comment when contacted by the publication.
Paul Kent has reportedly settled his unfair dismissal case with News Corp after the media giant fired him over his pub brawl.
Kent was involved in a fight outside the Three Weeds hotel in Rozelle, western Sydney, in April. He pleaded guilty to affray and was given a two-year good behaviour bond.
Kent’s lawyer, Henry Coventry, told the publication: “It is not appropriate for me to comment on the matter and I have no intention of doing so.”
News Corp has not commented on the matter.
Kent was sentenced to two years’ good behaviour bail after pleading guilty to his role in the wild street brawl near Totti’s Rozelle in Sydney’s inner west in April.
Footage of the altercation allegedly captured Kent calling Sydney man Tamer Uzun a “dog head” and charging towards him as bystanders tried to intervene.
The confrontation spilled over to the other side of the street when Kent appeared to try to punch Uzun before being thrown against a tree and landing headfirst into the ditch.
His lawyer, George Elias, said the incident left his client hospitalized after suffering up to five broken ribs and a suspected collapsed lung.
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