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The CanterburyBankstown Bulldogs have been accused of the “deprivation of liberty” and “unlawful corporal punishment” of one of the club’s most prodigious talents in a landmark $4m lawsuit that alleges the young player was forced to wrestle “30 to 35” teammates as punishment for being late to training.

Lawyers for former Bulldogs rising star Jackson Topine – a onetime schoolboy captain of NSW and Australia – claim the 16game firstgrader was “detained” and subjected to “assault” and “battery” and “humiliation” at the ­orders of the club’s head trainer, Travis Touma.

They claim that Topine, “one of the youngest players” in the squad, suffered “psychiatric injury”, “physical and mental impairment” and that his contract was illegally terminated.

An investigation by The Australian has laid bare the scandal, which has been described as having the potential to be the biggest crisis for Canterbury since the Coffs Harbour gang rape allegations two decades ago.

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