'Public humiliation': Erebus team boss faces fresh allegations
A journalist has claimed in a podcast that he was subject to an attempted “public humiliation” by Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan at the latest Supercars event in Perth.
In the Speedcafe-produced podcast Full Credit to the Noise, editor Andrew van Leeuwen recounted the incident which he said took place at the conclusion of the Perth SuperSprint.
In it, van Leeuwen explained that he had been in conversation with another Supercars team boss when Ryan politely asked the journalist to accompany him to the team’s garage.
Van Leeuwen said he walked into the garage to see the lion’s share of the team in its customary post-weekend huddle.
It was at that point Ryan allegedly scolded van Leeuwen in front of the team, dismissing Speedcafe’s reporting.
“Barry proceeded to introduce me to the team, my full name, place of business, and said that my reporting is shit as I tried to defend myself as just being a guy trying to do his job,” claimed van Leeuwen.
“It was incredibly awkward for every single person involved. I decided to bite my tongue and depart the scene. I was in a bit of shock to be perfectly honest at what was unfolding in front of me.
“Once the huddle was finished I went back and expressed my disappointment with Barry’s actions to him privately which led to a somewhat fiery discussion about what has happened and my role in it over the last few months.”
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