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TITANS' officials feel let down by one of their own players who knew of the investigation into alleged cocaine use one month before charges were laid.
The Courier-Mail can reveal one of the Titans players was aware of the investigation weeks before the Queensland Crime Commission laid charges.
The player sought legal advice but did not tell club officials of the possible pending crisis.
Titans CEO Graham Annesley speaks to the media about the future of the Titans. pics Adam Head Source: News Corp Australia
There is no suggestion the QCCC have leaked information to Titans players or their associates.
The player has told friends he was not allowed to speak about the issue but some Titans officials feel he should have informed them regardless.
Titans chief Graham Annesley has been the public face of the cocaine scandal that rocked Queensland sport after being blindsided by the QCCC's charges against five of his players.
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It was only yesterday that NRL chief Dave Smith answered questions from the media.
Annesley, coach Neil Henry, the football department and the majority of Titans players were only informed of the charges via the media.
Some of the club's officials feel they have been left in the lurch, forced to move out of their Southport School training facilities and make policy on the run.
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While one Titans player knew weeks before, the majority of the remaining five former and current Titans only received word they were implicated in the wake of Karmichael Hunt's charges.
Some of the Titans players took the field for a trial in Cairns last Saturday knowing they could be charged the following day.
Yet even then, a number of club officials remained in the dark.
The charged players are all expected to plead not guilty and are on a collision course with their club if they are suspended prior to having their day in court.
Lawyer for five of the current Titans facing supply and possession charges, Campbell MacCallum, told The Courier-Mail that legal action was an option for his clients.
It is understood Titans officials have also been made aware that legal action is an option if they suspend any of the current five players pending the outcome of the judicial process.
Gold Coast Titans player Greg Bird reports to Southport Police Station to be fingerprinted. Picture Glenn Hampson Source: News Corp Australia
"Like you and me they will be given due process and allowed to follow natural justice," he said.
"Once facts emerge we will decide what the appropriate course of action is.
"We can't presume guilt before players or anyone in society has had the right to a fair and natural justice."
Titans players facing charges, including Dave Taylor and Greg Bird, met with detectives on the Gold Coast again on Tuesday.
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