The former Australia cricket captain is accused of sending sexual texts and photos to a woman reportedly seeking $72,000 in compensation
Graphic sexual texts allegedly sent by ex-Australia cricket captain Tim Paine to a former Cricket Tasmania (CT) employee were not consensual, accuser Renee Ferguson has claimed in reported legal documents as part of a federal court case.
Ashes winner Paine said that the texts, which allegedly told Ferguson to “finish me off” and included photos of his genitalia, were consensual when he resigned as Australia captain in November 2021 over the scandal, according to Yahoo.
Ferguson, who is said to be seeking $72,000 in compensation, has now reportedly said that the texts were not consensual and claimed that two other managers at CT, as well as Paine’s brother-in-law, Shannon Tubb, subjected her to sexualized and inappropriate comments when she worked at the organization in 2017 where she says their behavior was accepted and part of the workplace culture.
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Paine, who announced on November 26 that he would be taking a break from cricket “for the foreseeable future” after stepping down from the Australia test team captaincy a week before, allegedly texted Ferguson in the hours leading up to an Ashes match against England in Brisbane.
After Paine sent her a message that stated he couldn’t rest his hands “when I’m this hard”, Ferguson claims to have tried to steer the topic of conversation away from being sexual.
In other correspondence, the 37-year-old allegedly ordered her to “finish me off with those lips then Renee”, along with a winking emoji. The lengthy 18-page court document is said to show how Ferguson said she was unsure how to respond to the unsolicited texts and vowed that a woman would “never kiss and tell”.