Michael Clarke and his girlfriend Jade Yarbrough have been fined by Queensland Police over their altercation in a Noosa park earlier this month.
The Courier Mail is reporting police issued the fines to the pair for making a public nuisance and have now closed their case.
“Queensland Police have issued a 30-year-old Queensland woman and 41-year-old New South Wales man with Public Nuisance Infringement Notices, following an alleged incident between the pair depicted in footage at Lions Park on Gympie Terrace in Noosaville earlier this month,” police advised the paper.
“No other offences were detected during the investigation.”
The superb is really the least of Clarke’s worries as he faces the lack of a relationship and a highly-lucrative commentary gig in India for Australia’s upcoming tour of India.
The Daily Telegraph is reporting the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) is reviewing its plans to incorporate the 41-year-old cricket nice in its commentary staff for the highly-anticipated tour, which will get underway on February 9.
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The upcoming commentary gig is value an estimated $150,000 for the 4 Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence.
Clarke was because of characteristic on the sequence protection because the Australian voice of the worldwide commentary feed alongside Matthew Hayden.
However the BCCI is reportedly ‘fickle’ with its appointments and has dismissed potential commentators up to now for as little as a distinction of opinion with the board.
Fox Sports will televise the sequence in prime time in Australia, however has no say within the make-up of the worldwide commentary staff and due to this fact declined to touch upon the matter when contacted by news.com.au.
The lack of the commentary position could be one other brutal blow for Clarke, who’s already seen a potential sponsorship cope with a skincare model get ripped up inside hours of the footage of his altercation being printed on Wednesday night.
News.com.au has additionally contacted Clarke’s main sponsors, R.M. Williams, Hublot and Ribco for touch upon the matter.
The former Australia Test captain is anticipated to deal with the incident when he returns to the airwaves for The Big Sports Breakfast on Monday morning.
A spokesman for Tabcorp, the corporate that owns Sky Sports Radio, producers of the Big Sports Breakfast, advised news.com.au “the company doesn’t comment on the personal matters of its employees”.
Meanwhile, Clarke’s deliberate journey to India in February was referenced by Yarbrough of their screaming match, as she hinted that Clarke had requested his ex Pip Edwards to accompany him to India.
“You want to send her to India with you?” Yarbrough could be heard screaming within the video.
“‘You’re the love of my life Pip, come with me to India’.”
On Wednesday evening, Clarke advised The Daily Telegraph: “I accept full responsibility for this altercation and am shattered by my actions.”
The battle started when the 2 high-profile {couples} and their movie star accountant pal Anthony Bell have been at dinner at a beachside restaurant.
Watch the video of the incident right here.
It’s understood Edwards and Yarbrough had been in touch, sparking the confrontation with Clarke.
The footage reveals a shirtless Clarke limping in a park surrounded by a gaggle who’re making an attempt to calm the state of affairs, whereas a livid Yarbrough screams at him then slaps him throughout the face.
“You f**ked her on December 17 … You f**ked her, you’re a f**king dog,” she screams.
Clarke responds: “Baby you’re wrong, you’re wrong.”
The screaming match occurred in entrance of a number of individuals in a park, about 9.30pm, and was so confronting that an onlooker could possibly be heard yelling “there’s children over there” as they inspired the group to take the battle elsewhere.
The bystander who filmed the battle mentioned he was first alerted to the drama when he noticed Clarke and Stefanovic in a heated change.
Originally printed as Michael Clarke, Jade Yarbrough fined by police over Noosa altercation
