- Pleaded guilty over two alcohol-fuelled incidents
Former NRL and Wallabies superstar Wendell Sailor has lashed out over his legal problems on social media after a court heard it took nine police officers to arrest him during a drunken incident in January last year.
Sailor faced court on Monday over two alcohol-fuelled incidents, including aggressive behaviour at a Sydney bar and resisting arrest in Wollongong.
He has pleaded guilty to failing to leave a premises after being excluded, intimidation and resisting police.
However, after that appearance, he apparently took exception to how the proceedings were reported and made his feelings known with a pointed post on Instagram.
Sailor shared an image with US actress Amber Heard that was taken in 2017 at the Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn world title fight in Brisbane.
The post included the words ‘fake news!!’ in an overlay, and Sailor captioned it with ‘they sent 9’ and a series of crying and laughing emojis.
Sailor’s post (pictured) included a photo with Amber Heard and ‘fake news!!’ message referencing his dramatic arrest in January 2025
Sailor also paid tribute to his mother and children Tristan and Matisse in the series of posts on Tuesday
That appeared to be a reference to court documents that revealed it allegedly took nine police officers to bring the hulking former footy star into custody.
Police allege he was heavily intoxicated during a Wollongong incident, became aggressive toward a taxi driver and officers, and was found stumbling in the road.
He resisted arrest by tensing his arms and bracing against a police car, with nine officers required to restrain him before he was taken into custody.
The image was part of a massive photo dump from the former NRL and union star following his court appearance.
He also shared the Tupac Shakur quote ‘You can replace my presence but you’ll never replace the heart that came with it’.
And Sailor also shared a post from his lawyer Adam Houda which read: ‘Yes, heroes exist in real life. We call her Mom’.
The footy great was raised by his mother Alison Sailor, while his birth mother Penny died last year. Sailor also shared an image embracing Alison after a Brisbane Broncos match.
Another post praised his son Tristan for making the English Super League Team of the Week at five-eighth.
Sailor’s lawyer has lodged a dismissal application seeking to have charges thrown out on mental health grounds (Sailor is pictured outside court on Monday)
The former Broncos and Wallabies star (pictured working for Triple M) is seeking to have the charges against him thrown out
Another Story sent a message to his daughter Matisse, which read: ‘To my daughter, I appreciate you – I got this, love u beautiful girl’.
He also published several posts of US sporting greats including Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson.
The Wollongong incident occurred while Sailor was on bail for an earlier incident at Pappy’s Bar in Sydney in November 2024.
During that earlier incident, he became intoxicated and aggressive, telling staff, ‘F***ing call the cops and see what happens’ and ‘Do you know who I am? You’re f***ing done,’ the court heard.
Police were called after he chased another man, and he later pleaded guilty to remaining near a licensed premises, intimidation and resisting police.
Sailor’s lawyer has lodged a dismissal application, seeking to have the charges thrown out on mental health grounds, based on evidence from a psychiatric report.
If his dismissal application is unsuccessful, Sailor is set to be sentenced on Friday, March 27, 2026.
