Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne has found himself in the middle of controversies quite often. Shane Warne is arguably the most prolific leg-spinner in the history of the game, known for single-handedly spinning Australia to some of the famous victories. While Warne has landed in controversies quite frequently, on this occasion, he has slammed the media for making up stuff about him.
One of the most infamous controversies that Shane Warne was a part of when he allegedly disclosed pitch and weather information to a bookmaker in 1994-95. Before the 2003 World Cup, the 145-Test veteran tested positive for consuming an illegal drug that resulted in his omission from the squad. However, it did not affect the defending champions’ chances as they lifted their third trophy unbeaten.
Meanwhile, on this occasion, Shane Warne took to his official Twitter handle to lash out at two media publications in Woman’s Day and New Idea, accusing them of fabricating stuff about him. The 50-year old was unhappy that two of the organizations had not been held accountable and labelled doing such things as a disgrace. As per a few media reports, one of the aforementioned publications did a story on Warne’s dating life.
I’ve read some crap in my time, but New Idea has taken the cake for making crap up now & it amazes me how the regulators allow this to continue in both Woman’s day and No idea ! It is absolutely disgraceful & both are never held accountable for making things up ? Why ?
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) September 28, 2020
Shane Warne threatens legal action against Woman’s Day and New Idea:
Shane Warne encouraged all those targetted to come together and take legal action to bring them down. He asked any law firms to approach him so that the media regulators will stop such wrongdoings from getting published.
I think it’s time all of us that have been wronged by both these magazines over the years get together and take them down ! Any law firms out there want to co-ordinate this. Maybe the media regulators will finally put their foot down too & hold them accountable ! Who’s in ?
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) September 28, 2020
The Victorian elaborated that such magazines have also aimed at his children for no reason and questioned the role of media regulators in blocking such pieces of journalism.
These trash magazines have also gone after all of my children over the years and Jackson lately too for no reason whatsoever ! Just not fair or right on any level. Why haven’t the media regulators done something about this gutter journalism over the years & hold them accountable
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) September 28, 2020