Richmond AFL player Jake King has defied club orders to end his association with former Bandidos boss Toby Mitchell.

The Tigers could hit the 29-year-old King with fines or suspensions, only months after ordering him to cut ties with Mitchell.

The Herald Sun has on Monday run a front-page photo of the pair at the weekend watching lingerie-clad women play American football at AAMI Park.

Following the Tigers’ round-20 win over Brisbane at the MCG, Mitchell had been invited into the Richmond rooms by King, prompting the club to tell the player his association with the former bikie enforcer was unacceptable.

Richmond went on to warn their whole playing list not to associate with criminals in any way.

The Australian Crime Commission had warned athletes who associated with criminals that they put themselves in danger of corruption.