A Fox Sports executive who secretly ran an abusive social media account attacking colleagues, rivals and peers in the industry has quietly left the company.
In August, a Crikey investigation revealed that Foxtel’s general manager of Fox Cricket Matthew Weiss was behind the @RealRagingBull social media account on X, formerly Twitter.
Over the better part of a decade, the account had abused current and former Foxtel colleagues, other members of the sports media, cricket players and other public figures.
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After first declining to comment on the story, the pay television company subsequently told Crikey it was launching an investigation after this reporter went to the company with a further set of social media posts from Weiss’ public account.
Now, after rumours had circulated the industry about Weiss’ departure, a Foxtel spokesperson confirmed yesterday that the Fox Sports executive has resigned after the investigation. The news was first reported by Nine papers.
Weiss did not immediately respond to comment.
