Kurtley Beale fined $45,000 but cleared of sending harrassing texts

Independent tribunal clears Beale after five-hour hearing Player free to join Wallabies UK tour partyAustralias Kurtley Beale has been found not guilty of sending a series of harassing and offensive texts to the former Wallabies business manager Di Patston and is free to join the team for their UK tour.However, an independent three-member code of conduct tribunal fined Beale $45,000 on Friday for sending an initial text with an image of an obese naked woman, captioned Di, to Patston on 9 June. But the tribunal, chaired by district court judge Mark Williams SC, found a second text, deemed to be…