By Charlie Moore and Charlie Coe For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 21:11 GMT, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 21:18 GMT, 11 March 2019
Disgraced NRL star Ben Barba is expected to hand himself in to police on Tuesday.
The fullback was sacked by the Cowboys last month after being caught on CCTV allegedly throwing rocks at his girlfriend Ainslie Currie outside a casino in Townsville.
Barba will not be charged with assault because Miss Currie refused to make a formal complaint.
Troubled NRL star Ben Barba is unlikely to face assault charges after an alleged incident with his partner Ainslie Currie (pictured together)
But he will hand himself in to police to face a lesser charge of public nuisance, according to the Courier Mail.
On Monday the 29-year-old threatened to 'hurt' a reporter after being confronted outside the metal working factory where he is now employed.
Daily Mail Australia first revealed Barba had taken a job as a $20-an-hour tradie last month after losing his $300,000-a-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys.
'I will hurt you. Do you want me to hurt you?' he shouted at the Nine
