Todd Carney is suing Cronulla for close to $3 million in what he calls a bid to protect fellow players.
The troubled former Australian playmaker was sacked by the NRL club in June last year after a lewd photo purporting to show him urinating in his own mouth emerged online.
Carney and his lawyers on Monday met with the Rugby League Players Association as he prepares to sue the club for unfair dismissal.
Earlier in the year he won a claim before the NRL Appeals Committee after he argued they denied him a chance to plead his case before the club board.
The former NSW State of Origin halfback said he learned of his sacking from teammate Wade Graham before being given the chance to give his side of the story.
"I feel I was harshly done by. Some people don't," Carney told the Nine Network.
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