Sacked NRL star Todd Carney is recovering with a black eye after allegedly being bashed by a group of four young men in far north Queensland.
Carney's agent David Riolo said the incident happened in Atherton about 3am on Sunday.
After Carney was sacked by Canberra following a string of alcohol-related incidents, eyebrows were raised when he took up residence and employment at a pub as part of a one-year deal with Cairns league club Atherton Roosters.
But Riolo said that Carney was an innocent party in Sunday's incident.
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