Channel Nine has confirmed it has received legal costs from former AFL player and sports presenter Warren Tredrea.
Tredrea was ordered by the Federal Court in September to pay $149,000 to his ex-employer over a long-running legal battle between the parties, and was yesterday given an imminent deadline.
In 2024, the former Port Adelaide footballer and 2004 AFL premiership captain lost an unfair dismissal case against Nine, where he had worked as a sports presenter.
Tredrea claimed his contract was terminated because he had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, but the Federal Court accepted Nine’s counter-argument that his position was not going to be renewed because of his performance in the job.
He later lost an appeal against the court’s decision and was subsequently ordered to reimburse Nine’s legal fees for the appeal.
Tredrea had insisted he had “fully discharged his liability” to pay the costs by issuing a “promissory note”, but the note was not accepted.
The Federal Court heard Nine emailed Tredrea a bankruptcy notice in December seeking the money owed for legal fees relating to the appeal.
In court on Tuesday, Tredrea lost a bid to dispute the notice and was given a deadline of 4pm to make the payment.
The network today confirmed to the ABC it had received payment.
The ABC has contacted Tredrea for comment.