Sam Newman’s son is suing one of Australia’s most exclusive schools over an alleged assault that he says left him with life-changing injuries.
The son of AFL legend Sam Newman has taken legal action against his former school and one of Australia’s biggest basketball stars over an alleged attack that he claims left him with life-changing injuries a month ago. decade.
Max Jones, 25, is suing Geelong Grammar for negligence and “failing to institute a culture at the school that would prevent the abuse of students by their peers” over the alleged incident involving Australian NBA star, Jock Landale.
He alleges that Landale knocked him to the ground and attacked him on February 7, 2013.
Landale is also alleged to have repeatedly jumped on Mr. Jones’s lower stomach to the beat of a song played through a portable speaker inside a school common room, according to a writing obtained by the herald sun.
Jock Landale (pictured with his fiancee Indi Maddern) is being sued by Max Jones over an alleged incident at Geelong Grammar in 2013
Mr. Jones was then in year 10, while Landale was in year 12.
Mr. Jones alleges that he had to undergo a discectomy to remove discs in his spine a week later.
He is suing both Geelong and Landale, 27, for lost income and past and future medical expenses, and has hired the law firm Arnold Thomas and Becker to represent him.
“The incident constituted a common law assault for which the second defendant (Landale) is directly responsible,” the brief reads.
‘As a result of the incident and the injuries caused by the incident, the plaintiff’s ability to concentrate and study was impaired.’
Geelong Grammar has denied the claims and stated that Mr Jones did not report the alleged assault at the time.
Landale has also denied the alleged assault and other allegations made against him by Mr. Jones.
Lawyers for the school, Landale and Mr. Jones, declined to comment, with the matter before the courts.
Max Jones, the youngest son of Sam Newman (pictured) is suing his old school
Landale is one of Australia’s highest-paid sports stars who was part of the Australian Boomers team that won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.
He currently plays in the NBA for the Phoenix Suns for $2.3 million a year and is engaged to Indi Maddern, the niece of Channel 7 presenter Rebecca Maddern.
Geelong Grammar is considered one of the best private schools in Australia, where fees are $40,000 a year.
Mr. Jones is the youngest of Newman’s three children.
His mother is Leonie Jones, Newman’s third wife who ‘accidentally’ ran him over, breaking his leg and crushing his ankle while pregnant with their son in 1997.
In a 2003 interview, Newman described her five-year-old son as “smarter than me and his mother put together.”
“I am a couple with the two oldest, the youngest is 19 years old, and I have a different relationship with him because he is at a different stage of life and another generation away from the children I had before. We have a relationship and a different view of things,” Newman told the Herald Sun in 2017.
Mr. Jones previously spoke about his media aspirations to follow in the footsteps of his supportive father.
“I love the sport and have seen the ups and downs and the good and bad sides through Dad, both on and off TV,” he told the Herald Sun in 2020.
‘I’d really love to get into that (TV). That’s what I’m trying to achieve.’
“I’ve talked to him (Newman) a couple of times (about TV), and he’s always been incredibly supportive and encouraged me to do what I think is right.”
Jock Landale is one of Australia’s highest-paid sports stars