A Liberal Party staffer has alleged she was raped at Australian Parliament House in Defence Minister Linda Reynolds’ ministerial office by a colleague, and cl
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Feb 16, 2021 07:55 AM EST
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison made an apology on Tuesday to a former government staffer who alleged she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House two years ago. Morrison vowed a probing into the alleged rape and the culture inside Australia s political capital, one day after the former staff member divulged her story to the media.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Apologizes in Rape Scandal
The former Australian government staffer stated that she was raped in a minister s office in parliament and failed by her bosses after coming forward, which prompted the apology. According to Brittany Higgins, she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a male colleague in now-Defence Minister Linda Reynolds office in 2019. The incident followed a night out drinking with conservative Liberal Party colleagues.
A former Australian government staffer has said she was raped in a minister's office in Parliament and failed by her bosses after coming forward, prompting
Scott Morrison has faced a barrage of questions over whether a âdonât ask, donât tellââ approach drove the Defence Minister Linda Reynoldsâ decision to keep silent over a police investigation into a staffer being allegedly raped in her office.
The Prime Minister has declared today he was ânot happyâ to learn that Senator Reynolds learned nearly two years ago that Australian Federal Police were investigating a potential sexual assault but never told him.
The AFP called her to tell her of the investigation into an alleged sexual assault and she had met with the complainant, her staffer Brittany Higgins.