Collingwood Football Club has settled its case with former head of First Nations strategy Mark Cleaver, resolving the dispute through mediation.
In a short joint statement on Monday, Mr Cleaver and the Magpies AFL club said both parties had agreed not to make any further comments.
Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
In July Mr Cleaver, a palawa person, filed documents in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, alleging Collingwood chief executive Craig Kelly made a series of racist slurs and physically assaulted him.
According to the Herald Sun newspaper, Mr Cleaver claimed that during a discussion about the need for a First Nations cultural room Mr Kelly picked up a marngrook that was on the desk and said ‘I don’t give a f*** what you put in there, put this shit in there’ and forcefully threw the ball at Mr Cleaver.
The Magpies denied all 11 complaints lodged by Mr Cleaver, including unlawful discrimination and that he was bullied, and called for the case to be struck out.
Mr Cleaver alleged that the club breached several laws, including discrimination acts involving equal opportunity, race and disability.
He claimed that in his time at the Magpies, from October 2023 and May 2024, when he was sacked, Mr Kelly made multiple slurs and 'jokes' about Indigenous culture and inappropriate remarks about Elders with anti-violence organisation Dardi Munwurro.
In a statement in August Dardi Munwurro, which had a partnership with Collingwood from 2017, said they had no choice but to terminate their partnership with the Magpies.
"The media coverage of this case has unfortunately included the naming of Dardi Munwurro and a highly respected Elder in the community," the statement said.
"This is causing great emotional and spiritual harm to us and our people.
"The pain is simply too great to tolerate."
