Former NRL player Curtis Scott has been fined, but spared time behind bars after twice assaulting his girlfriend and intimidating her with threats to kill.
The former Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders player was sentenced in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Friday after being found guilty last month of offences against his former partner, long jumper Tay-Leiha Clark.
Magistrate Daniel Covington convicted Scott, placing him on a 12-month community corrections order and fining him $1400.
“In relation to domestic violence offences, the recognition of harm to the victim comes to a...