Tim Paine’s Victim Reene Ferguson Claims She Was Victimized At Work By Cricket Tasmania Boss

Feb 18, 2022 at 3:16 PM

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Tim Paine’s Victim Reene Ferguson Claims She Was Victimized At Work By Cricket Tasmania Boss

Tim Paine was all set to lead Australia at the 2021/22 Ashes series against arch-rivals England Down Under before a shocking revelation ended his chances of wearing the Baggy Green cap after a wait of almost a year.

A female co-worker had accused Tim Paine of sending explicit messages in 2017. Due to this incident, the stumper could not take part in the five-Test match series and took an indefinite break from the game. Pacer Pat Cummins succeeded him as the Aussies Test captain.

Pat Cummins Credit: AAP
Pat Cummins Credit: AAP

Tim Paine’s Victim Reene Ferguson Lost Confidence In Her Work Because Of Harassment At Workplace

Lately, the reported victim of the sexting scandal, Renee Ferguson, has now come forward and accused another person of making inappropriate remarks. She has alleged that she was victimized at work by Cricket Tasmania’s former general manager of venue operations Stephen McMullen as he had made lewd comments to the receptionist.

Tim Paine (pictured) was in tears as he announced his resignation as Australia's Test captain in a statement on November 19
Tim Paine (pictured) was in tears as he announced his resignation as Australia’s Test captain in a statement on November 19 @EPA

The accusation seems to have bought many things into light just a few months after the ex-employee had filed a harassment case against Tim Paine, his brother-in-law Shane Tubb and others at Cricket Tasmania. At the same time, the complaint also states that when Reene Ferguson passed on a message from another colleague to Stephen McMullen, the latter told her to tell the other employee that he had been out rooting.

“Furthermore, the court documents added that Renee Ferguson felt deflated and at the same time also lost all confidence in her work because of the sexual harassment.”

In the same lawsuit, she also mentioned that apart from the harassment being ‘relentless’ and ‘systemic’, no one has taken any action on the same.

Tim Paine Had Taken A Leave Of Absence From All Forms Of Cricket After Resigning As Australia Test Captain

Tim Paine is out of cricket at the moment after he was stripped of the captaincy following his sexting scandal with a Cricket Tasmania co-worker in 2017. What followed was some tough reaction from the public and Cricket Australia after which he had to move away from the game for the time being. Tim Paine was handed over the captaincy in 2018 post the infamous ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town Test in 2018.

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Cricket Australia

The former Australia Test skipper has taken a “leave of absence from all forms of cricket” following his resignation as captain for the side ahead of the Ashes 2021/22. Tim Paine has so far played 35 Tests, 35 ODIs, and 12 T20 internationals for Australia scoring over 2500 runs across formats. The keeper has led his country to 11 wins, four draws, and eight defeats.

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Tim Paine’s Victim Reene Ferguson Claims She Was Victimized At Work By Cricket Tasmania Boss
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Feb 18, 2022, 3:16 PM


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