West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been awarded 300,000 Australian dollars (£173,000) in damages more than a year after winning a defamation case against Australian publisher Fairfax Media.
Articles published in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times reported allegations the 39-year-old had exposed himself to a female massage therapist.
A jury in Sydney in October 2017 ruled the claims were not true and that their publication by Fairfax Media was motivated by malice.
Gayle’s legal team argued that Fairfax journalists wanted to “destroy” the cricketer.
WHO JAH BLESS , NO ONE CURSE . I must say Kudos to our Caribbean Cricket Super Star Chris Gayle . Jealousy added with Hate was the cocktail served by this Australian White Woman , Her heritage , made up of the Criminals that was exiled from England , while conquering the Tasmanian peninsula , the attention she was seeking while hurting the BLACK MAN , came crashing down to nothingness . BLACK POWER , We are ALWAYS FACING HATE STRAIGHT UP .