<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stood-down NRL star Taylan May has had domestic violence charges dropped after the wife he allegedly punched did not show up to court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police stopped him six times in 24 hours in the lead-up to his latest court appearance, prompting suggestions they had been "all over" the ex-Penrith Panthers player before the case was dismissed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>May, 23, had pleaded not guilty to domestic violence-related charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of stalking and intimidation over alleged incidents in April and May.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ex-cyclone-alfred-2025-flood-emergency-south-east-queensland-northern-nsw-updates-warnings/1ce5b96f-ed35-45a0-8fba-ceb17560ae72" target="_blank"><strong><span>Flood emergency in south-east Queensland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The allegations included that he punched his wife in the eye.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>May played 30 NRL games for the Penrith Panthers after debuting in 2021 and represented Samoa at the Rugby League World Cup in 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But he has been out of the game since being stood down under the NRL's no-fault policy while he was facing criminal charges.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/taylan-may-nrl-clear-of-dv-charges-after-wife-noshow/54ce74bb-651c-419a-9874-31d6e4c5ffef" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was released by the Panthers in July after threatening to sue the club for trying to terminate his contract.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>May was on bail ahead of a scheduled hearing in Penrith Local Court on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the woman he was accused of assaulting did not come to court and neither did her sister, a key witness in the prosecution case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While a medical certificate was provided by the witness to explain her absence, police were unable to contact the complainant.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors tried to adjourn the case, but May's barrister Phillip Boulten SC argued the circumstances were unlikely to change if there was another court date.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is no suggestion … that my client has been guilty of putting pressure on her," Boulten said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Enough is enough. Can we just allow these people to move on? It's not going to be different next time."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/newspoll-shows-labor-or-coalition-majority-government-unlikely/a3cf2f2d-1ef4-4020-b8d3-5a9acdf31435" target="_blank"><strong><span>Albanese leads Dutton as preferred leader as chance of minority government increases: poll</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Magistrate Stephen Corry said it was possible to infer the alleged victim had chosen not to come to court, as he refused the adjournment request.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can't see there's any prospect that the position would be any different on the next occasion," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The decision prompted prosecutors to withdraw the charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>May remains subject to an apprehended violence order for six months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Allegations that he twice breached an earlier order were also dropped after the court heard it had been amended to allow contact under certain conditions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>May's wife had indicated in July, when seeking to have AVO conditions changed, that she wanted to drop the charges, Boulten added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nevertheless, police "went into overdrive" about the alleged breaches and had been "all over (May)" in the lead-up to his court appearance, the barrister said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/plane-crashes-near-retirement-community-in-us/fa9c6d83-0553-403b-896a-82af97258548" target="_blank"><strong><span>Plane with five aboard crashes near retirement community</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's been stopped six times by police in the last 24 hours," Boulten said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A representative of the NRL integrity unit also observed the proceedings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An unnamed Sydney-based club had expressed interest in signing May after his release from the Panthers, it was reported earlier in March.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His older brother Terrell May plays for the Wests Tigers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>May did not comment as he left court, smiling from the passenger seat of a supporter's black BMW as they drove away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>