HIS club is in the grip of a sex scandal and his team bombed out of the NRL finals. Now Bronco Karmichael Hunt has been dumped by his girlfriend.
Hunt has been kicked to the kerb by his glamour girlfriend Emma Harding - an inner-city receptionist who met Hunt through her brother, Brisbane Lions player Scott Harding.
"She is a very smart and beautiful girl but perhaps a bit naive," said one insider who confirmed the split.
"Karmichael made an effort to patch things up but it was a bit too late."
Emma, who works at a Brisbane office services company, has taken a week off work to deal with the break-up and is spending some down time in Fiji.
"She is really distraught by the whole thing. She has been receiving flowers from friends and family but just decided to take the week off to escape things," Confidential's spy said.
But it seems Emma may have anticipated some media interest in her break-up with the footy stud. Soon after breaking the news to her party-loving beau, she removed all pictures of herself from her Facebook page.
Meanwhile, the split was the talk of the Brownlow Medal ceremony in Melbourne on Monday night because of Emma's connection to the Lions.
Her brother Scott, a Lions midfielder, was in the same grade as Hunt at Churchie.
A rep for the Broncos wouldn't comment on the split, although one club insider said few were aware Hunt had a girlfriend.
As for the man in question, Hunt was uncontactable yesterday as it is understood he is no longer in possession of his mobile phone.