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2019
On 5 March, May was stood down from playing by the
NRL after being charged by NSW Police in relation to sex tapes the player filmed dating back to February 2018. May was charged with two counts which were filming and disseminating the footage without consent.
On 16 July, May was hit with fresh charges at Parramatta Local Court by NSW Police bringing the total number of charges to eight. NSW Police laid additional counts of recording and distributing intimate images without consent against May.
[8] May faced a possible ban from the sport altogether if he was found guilty.
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On 22 November 2019, May pleaded guilty to four charges of intentionally recording an intimate image without consent. He appeared again at court for sentencing on 31 January 2020.
2021
May played a total of 21 games for Penrith in the
2021 NRL season including the club's
2021 NRL Grand Final victory over
South Sydney.
Following Penrith's grand final victory, May posted a story on both
Instagram and
Twitter saying "And the dirt that they threw on my name turned to soil and I grew up out it, Time for y'all to figure out what y'all gon' do about it. Love my brothers". After posting the story, several Penrith players also took to social media in support of May's message. May later removed the post from both social media platforms after it caused outrage from the general public, most notably from Fox Sports commentator
Andrew Voss who said “Someone has to pull this bloke to one side and say, ‘What the hell? What world do you live in?, “He was an inch away from being sent to jail. And the support of the players. No less than 10 players came out (saying), ‘With you brother’ … and all that. Just keep it in-house, boys. I don’t think it did Tyrone any favours at all".
Lawyer and
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who acted for a woman depicted in a video recorded by May, also reacted to the post. "I do hope that Tyrone doesn’t think that a premiership victory somehow vindicates criminal behaviour, One only needs to have a look at the comments made by the magistrate when Tyrone was convicted to see how serious it was. It’s something he should quite probably be quite embarrassed and ashamed of and not necessarily espouse or seek to justify, if that’s what he was intending to do".
On 19 October, May was stood down by Penrith and issued a breach notice by the
NRL alleging he acted contrary to the best interests of the game for posting and being part of social media posts which do not align with the values of the game. The Breach Notice proposed May must complete further education programs as directed by the NRL. May was also issued with a proposed $7,500 fine. On 27 October, May was issued with a show cause notice by the Penrith club due to a serious breach in his playing contract which was in relation to his post on
Instagram following the club's victory in the
2021 NRL Grand Final.
On 3 November, May's contract was terminated by the Penrith Panthers board.
