{"id":845949,"date":"2026-08-06T19:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845949\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:48:17","slug":"nrl-2026-eels-threaten-legal-action-over-false-dylan-walker-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845949\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Eels threaten legal action over false Dylan Walker claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parramatta Eels chief executive Jim Sarantinos says the club will review its legal options following the circulation of \u201cfalse rumours\u201d on social media about veteran Dylan Walker. <\/p>\n<p>Walker has been rested for Saturday\u2019s clash against the Rabbitohs, but several accounts on social media alleged there was something more sinister at play and that he\u2019d actually been stood down for an off-field incident.<\/p>\n<p>But Sarantinos and the club have hit back at the unsubstantiated claims with threats of legal action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Parramatta Eels are aware of false rumours and innuendo circulating on social media about one of our players, Dylan Walker,\u201d Sarantinos wrote in a statement on the club\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claims are completely false and unfair on Dylan and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should never be in a situation where a player has to defend himself against baseless online speculation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone needs to understand how reckless and irresponsible this conduct is, and the real impact it has on people. We are not going to stand for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people spreading this material are not supporters or responsible journalists. Passion for the club and the game is welcome. Defamation, abuse and the deliberate spread of falsehoods are not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDylan and his family have my full support, and the full support of the club and his teammates. We ask the media and the public to put this matter to rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club will be reviewing its legal options against those responsible for creating and spreading these false rumours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker, 31, will join Super League side the Leeds Rhinos at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/we-are-not-going-to-stand-for-it-eels-threaten-legal-action-over-false-claims-made-against-dylan-walker\/news-story\/9aad99d71cfe0ba2a52116adc93b9699\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We are not going to stand for it\u2019: Eels threaten legal action over \u201cfalse\u201d claims made against Dylan Walker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parramatta Eels chief executive Jim Sarantinos says the club will review its legal options following the circulation of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[387589,381466,417076,140769,379284,392980,376769,7814,417069,64,63,417079,18231,135217,4463,30241,417084,417072,417067,417085,1635,376761,377197,417083,82835,82466,417078,761,762,43961,278587,158,404134,417071,57388,1861,38633,417064,19791,417082,46907,417081,1314,85,417086,109384,417065,380842,382205,417074,215379,417077,74713,417070,364771,383311,379066,380576,378780,417068,417073,378969,377217,417066,403233,417080,390244,5324,417075,9829],"class_list":["post-845949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-s-clash","tag-s-website","tag-false-claims","tag-140769","tag-a-player","tag-a-situation","tag-a-statement","tag-abuse","tag-an-off-field-incident-but","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baseless-online-speculation","tag-defamation","tag-dylan","tag-dylan-walker","tag-eels","tag-fake-reports","tag-false-rumours","tag-false-rumours-and-innuendo","tag-falsehoods","tag-fans","tag-his-family","tag-his-teammates","tag-its-legal-options","tag-jim-sarantinos","tag-legal-action","tag-my-full-support","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-newswire-sport","tag-notice","tag-nrl","tag-our-players","tag-parramatta-eels-chief-executive-jim-sarantinos","tag-passion","tag-people","tag-play","tag-responsible-journalists","tag-rest","tag-sarantinos","tag-saturday","tag-several-accounts","tag-social-media","tag-sports","tag-super-league-side","tag-supporters","tag-the-circulation","tag-the-claims","tag-the-club","tag-the-deliberate-spread","tag-the-end","tag-the-full-support","tag-the-game","tag-the-leeds-rhinos","tag-the-media","tag-the-parramatta-eels","tag-the-people","tag-the-public","tag-the-rabbitohs","tag-the-real-impact","tag-the-unsubstantiated-claims","tag-the-year","tag-their-best-players","tag-these-false-rumours","tag-this-conduct","tag-this-material","tag-this-matter","tag-threats","tag-veteran-dylan","tag-walker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}