Tarryn Thomas at North Melbourne Football Club training. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: News Corp Australia “Finally, I know that this issue is challenging and confronting, and the club acknowledges the impact people will be feeling across the community by reading the media today. We are committed to supporting our people through this time and I want to reiterate that our whole club understands the significance of this matter.”
Last October it was revealed Thomas was the subject of a police investigation for alleged harassing and intimidating behaviour.
In January, Victoria Police confirmed the North young gun had been officially charged.
Now the Herald Sun has published an extensive article detailing more allegations from women provided to the AFL integrity unit.
A flurry of texts allegedly read: “You’re a f**king joke … keep talking sh*t … sh*t going to come around soon … your turn will come … sh*t is going to go down … I’m not a n**** to be f**ked with.”
Another woman sent a text to friends last year that read: “I’m too scared … i know he’s (Thomas) gonna kill me.”
Tarryn Thomas at North Melbourne Football Club training. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: News Corp Australia Dr Hood said Thomas was committed to an education program undertaken by the club.
“The club was aware of formal allegations made against Tarryn during 2022 that were investigated by the AFL’s Integrity Unit. Tarryn and the club co-operated fully with those investigations,” she wrote.
“The advice provided by the AFL following these incidents was that Tarryn should undertake training and education to deal with his behavioural issues.
“He has started work on this program and we’ll continue to support Tarryn as he completes this work.”
Thomas, who endured a tough 2022 campaign where injury and form restricted him to just 10 games, remains contracted at the Kangaroos until the end of 2024 on a big money deal.
The Tasmanian product has played 57 games for the Kangaroos ever since being taken with Pick 8 in the 2018 draft.
