http://www.smh.com.au/sport/former-...-23-billion-stadium-deal-20180111-h0gvn9.html
Costly defence
Jarryd Hayne is adamant he will fight the rape allegations levelled at him in a civil lawsuit lodged just before Christmas in the US — but it is going to cost him a truckload if it heads to court.
Hayne has engaged high-profile trial lawyer
Mark Baute, who successfully defended NBA star
Derrick Rose, who had to answer rape claims in a federal civil case in 2016.
We're told by sources in the US that Baute charges $US15,000 a day ($19,000). No, that's not a typo.
Hayne has "vehemently" denied claims by a 25-year-old woman known only as "Ms V" that he raped her in December 2015 when Hayne was playing for the San Francisco 49ers.