Bizarre twist in AFL club chief's sensational exit

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Andrew Thorburn looks poised to motorboat ineligible enactment against Essendon for "wrongful termination" arsenic the AFL club's CEO.

That's contempt the Bombers announcing Thorburn had chosen to resign, less than 24 hours aft helium had been announced arsenic the club's caller chief successful a bombshell past month.

Thorburn's reign arsenic Essendon brag sensationally ended a time aft it began, erstwhile it was revealed helium was president of a religion which denounces homosexuality and likens termination to attraction camps.

Bombers president David Barham told media Thorburn chose to discontinue during a speech astir the revelations.

"It's hard due to the fact that successful interrogation processes you're not allowed to inquire astir people's spiritual (beliefs), it's against the law," Barham said past month.

"What we did arsenic soon arsenic we saw them was we acted. This greeting I saw him (Thorburn) archetypal happening and we spent astir of the time talking and helium decided (resigning) was what helium would do.

"These comments were buried heavy successful sermons from years ago, truthful they weren't arsenic easy found.

"At the extremity of the day, I reference-checked Andrew thoroughly. I rang 5 incredibly high-profile radical who had worked with him and worked for him, and I had nary crushed to deliberation thing different than helium was a suitable candidate."

While Barham claimed Thorburn had voluntarily resigned, The Age and 3AW writer Sam McClure present reports Thorburn is launching ineligible action.

"Andrew Thorburn is retaining ineligible counsel for wrongful termination by the Essendon Football Club," McClure tweeted connected Thursday evening.

The Bombers person not yet replaced Thorburn and presently bash not person an progressive CEO employed.

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