Taylan May has scrapped plans to sue Penrith for attempting to terminate his NRL contract, instead accepting a payout to leave the club with immediate effect.

May officially became a free agent on Friday, when the stood-down centre was finally released from his contract following two show-cause notices.

AAP has been told May has already received interest from clubs locally and abroad, including in rugby union.

The parting of the ways comes as the 22-year-old continues to fight domestic-violence charges stemming from an alleged incident involving his wife on April 8.

May has pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of stalking.

He has been subject to the NRL’s no-fault stand-down policy since he was charged in May, and is unable to play until at least March 2025 when the matter is due back in court.

The centre could still sign with an NRL club while suspended and return to play depending on the outcome of the legal proceedings.

May had re-signed with the Panthers in March but the triple reigning premiers sought to terminate his contract during his stand-down.

The club issued the Samoa international with a show-cause notice in May, relating to matters outside the domestic-violence charges.

That notice is believed to have included an October 2021 incident in Queensland, for which May was found guilty of assaulting a man during Penrith’s grand-final celebrations.

No conviction was recorded over that incident.

May also raised eyebrows when a video was posted to social media earlier this year that appeared to show him in the passenger seat of a speeding car.