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AFL great Sam Newman has backed his son's legal action against his former school and one of Australia's biggest basketball stars over an alleged attack a decade ago that he claims left him with life-changing injuries.
Max Jones, 25, is suing Geelong Grammar for negligence and 'failing to institute a culture at the school that prevented the abuse of students by fellow students' over the alleged incident involving Australian NBA star Jock Landale.
He alleges Landale - who is now engaged to the niece of TV presenter Rebecca Maddern - forced him to the ground and attacked him on February 7, 2013.
It's alleged Landale repeatedly jumped on Mr Jones' torso to the beat of a song played through a portable speaker inside a school common room, according to a writ obtained by the Herald Sun.
Mr Jones was in year 10 then, while Landale was in year 12.
Basketball star Jock Landale (pictured with fiancée Indi Maddern) is being sued by Max Jones over an alleged incident at Geelong Grammar in 2013
Mr Jones alleges he had to undergo a discectomy to remove damaged discs in his spine a week later.
And now TV personality and former AFL star Newman has publicly thrown his support behind his son, telling News Corp he had his 'full support'.
'I have not been involved in Max's action but having said that he is quite entitled to pursue whatever course he thinks is justified and in that endeavour he has my full support,' he said.
'I know that Max suffered a debilitating back injury during an incident with another student at the school he attended and it is an ongoing problem today.'
Mr Jones is suing both Geelong and Landale, 27, for loss of past and future earnings and medical expenses, and enlisted legal firm Arnold Thomas and Becker to represent him.
'The incident constituted a battery at common law for which the second defendant (Landale) is directly liable', the
