I know little about the inner workings of the Manly club and certainly dont know much about Toovey's personal life, but I do know a little about the law.
If a Manly official who made that comment is identified, and he has no evidence of Toovey being involved in this matter, he has brought himself and the football club into potentially deep manure. If it's an accurate quote and recorded, that's defamation of character even by implication and I would suggest Toovey's solicitors would be looking at the item very carefully.
As an official the person represents the club and therefore Toovey would have the right to sue the football club big time. I'll be interested to see how this pans out.