CONTROVERSIAL Newcastle fullback Darius Boyd could face a club investigation following revelations a luxury hotel room he was staying in last week had $1500 worth of damage done to it.

Staff at Chateau Elan, an exclusive spa resort at The Vintage in the Hunter Valley, found a smashed television, broken glass and a hole in one of the walls of the apartment Boyd stayed in with a female companion, believed to be his wife Kayla, after the pair had checked out last Thursday morning.

media_camera Darius Boyd at the Knight's recovery session. Picture by Peter Lorimer.

Resort general manager Joe Spagnolo on Tuesday confirmed the damage to the hotel room but said the incident had not been taken any further after Boyd rang to apologise.

“He rang me after they had left and apologised and offered to pay for the damage that had been done,” Spagnolo said.

“There was a television that had been smashed, a small hole to one of the walls and a broken wine glass was on the kitchen floor.

media_camera Darius Boyd with wife Kayla, who is believed to have stayed with him at the resort.

“It’s disappointing but I’ve seen a lot worse. We’ve had the CEOs of banks driving cars on to the golf course and doing doughnuts and causing all sorts of damage.

“I don’t know what the two of them were doing and I don’t want to know. As long as he came good with the money to repair it. The bill came to $1500 and he’s paid it so that’s where it’s been left.

It’s understood Boyd had been given several days off training along with the club’s other State of Origin players Beau Scott and James McManus and took advantage to spend Wednesday night at the resort, which overlooks the Greg Norman-designed Vintage Golf Club near Cessnock.

Spagnolo said the pair had enjoyed spa treatments during the day on Wednesday and believed the damage must have occurred sometime that night.

media_camera Darius Boyd celebrates scoring a try.

“We get a lot of footballers come in and nine times out of 10, there are no problems,” he said.

“But like I said before, I’ve seen a lot worse than that.”

Knights CEO Matt Gidley said last night he had not been made aware of any incident regarding Boyd when asked for a comment by The Daily Telegraph.

“We have certainly had no official complaint and no knowledge of the incident you are referring to so it is pretty hard to comment,” he said.

“If that was to change, we would absolutely investigate it and speak to the player involved.”

media_camera The Vintage luxury spa in the Hunter Valley where the incident took place.

Originally published as Boyd pays up for hotel room damage