Broncos star Payne Haas arrested, charged with intimidating police
BRONCOS
- January 17, 2021 9:52am
- by STAFF WRITERS
- Source: FOX SPORTS
Payne Haas of the Broncos was arrested.Source: News Corp Australia
Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas was arrested on Saturday night after an alleged incident on the Gold Coast, according to the Courier Mail.
NSW Police issued a statement to the Courier Mail confirming the arrest of a 21-year-old at Tweed Heads, just south of the Queensland border
“About 10pm Saturday 16th January, officers from Tweed-Byron Police District arrested a 21-year-old man on Coral Street at Tweed Heads after the man allegedly became abusive towards police,” the statement read.
“He was taken to Tweed Heads police station and charged with offensive language and intimidate police.
“He is due to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court on Tuesday the 2nd of February.”
The NRL said, “The NRL is aware of an alleged incident involving Payne Haas. The Integrity Unit is liasing with both NSW Police and the Brisbane Broncos”.
Nine News reporter Mark Gottlieb tweeted: “Another Origin star arrested on the Gold Coast. NSW and Broncos forward Payne Haas arrested after a physical altercation at Tweed Heads last night.
“The Broncos had a training session at Burleigh Beach yesterday and some players spent the night on the town.”
Haas is a State of Origin and Australian star forward and has become arguably the Broncos’ best player in the past two years.
He would be in the running to captain the club despite his young age, given the Red Hill captaincy is up in the air at the moment.
While Haas is a rising star of the game his young career hasn’t been without past controversies.
At the start of 2019 he was fined $20,000 and suspended for four NRL games for failing to cooperate with the game’s integrity unit, amid an investigation into an incident involving members of his family.
At the end of 2019 he was on holiday in Bali with former teammate David Fifita when the latter was detained by Inodnesian police for three days.
Haas was cleared by the NRL and Broncos of any wrongdoing over that incident.