One of News Corp’s best-known sports reporters has received payments from Eddie Hayson, the controversial gambler alleged to be at the centre of some of the most sensational betting scandals in rugby league and racing.
The multiple cash deposits into the TAB account of Phil “Buzz” Rothfield, the sports editor-at-large at the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, are just some of Mr Hayson’s unusual financial transactions that are being scrutinised by authorities.
Text messages obtained by Fairfax Media reveal that Mr Hayson has used his friendship with Rothfield to threaten those chasing him for money.
In a text message sent in July last year, Mr Hays…
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