Collingwood great Scott Pendlebury is suing his former manager in court, claiming his former manager took $2.6 million from his investment accounts.

Pendlebury is claiming in the Victorian Supreme Court that he uncovered his finances had allegedly been pilfered for almost a decade after the manager borrowed $300,000 but failed to pay it back, The Herald Sun reports .

In 2023 the manager asked Pendlebury if he could borrow the vast sum for one day but then told the two-time premiership winner he was unable to pay him back.

The pair agreed for the sum to be paid back over six months to a year along with a staggering 50 per cent in interest repayments. That debt reportedly stands at $600,000.

Earlier this year, Pendlebury discovered his manager had been taking money from his accounts fo

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