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Two men charged over alleged online racial abuse of NRL player Latrell Mitchell
Two men have been charged over the alleged online racial abuse of NRL player Latrell Mitchell.
Key points:
- The NRL integrity unit referred the messages to police
- Two men have been granted strict conditional bail
- Latrell Mitchel has been called “a leader in the fight against racism”
Mitchell is a First Nations fullback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and has played for Australia.
Police started investigating reports from the NRL integrity unit earlier this week about the alleged social media messages.
Detectives from the Fixated Persons Investigation Unit charged the two men following inquiries into the alleged offensive messages sent to Mitchell last weekend.
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