Previous senator David Leyonhjelm was entitled to introduce an attack on Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young due to the fact that the purpose of politics “is to denigrate the other celebration”, an appeal court has actually heard.
Bottom line:
- Senator Hanson-Young stated Mr Leyonhjelm wrongly declared she stated “all guys are rapists”
- The Greens senator won a character assassination case in November
- Mr Leyonhjelm is now appealing against that decision
Mr Leyonhjelm was bought to pay Senator Hanson-Young $120,000 over defamatory remarks he made throughout Parliament and in media interviews in June and July 2018.
He is appealing versus that judgment.
The Federal Court previously heard that at the conclusion of a Senate vote in June 2018, Mr Leyonhjelm told Senator Hanson-Young that she must “stop shagging guys”
In a subsequent media statement, Mr Leyonhjelm claime