James Packer has settled a long-running legal dispute with a former security guard who alleged that he was assaulted and threatened by the billionaire at Crown Casino on New Year’s Day in 2016.
Iskandar Chaban had also named Crown Resorts and his then employer, MSS Security, as defendants in a civil claim filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2020.
However, the case was resolved on a “no-admissions basis” a day before it was due to go to trial in November last year, with Chaban receiving a confidential settlement of more than $100,000 and payment of his legal costs.
Chaban had claimed in court documents that he had not recognised Crown’s former executive chairman as he approached the main gaming floor at Crown Towers Melbourne with senior colleague Ishan Ratnam.
According to the statement of claim, Chaban thought the casino mogul may have been intoxicated at the time.
“The second defendant [Packer] became verbally abusive and threatening towards the plaintiff [Chaban] and ran towards the plaintiff, pushing him in the chest. The second defendant then verbally threatened the plaintiff, saying words to the effect, ‘I will throw you out of your job,’” according to court documents.
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