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Former senator David Leyonhjelm will have to pay Sarah Hanson-Young $120,000 in damages after the full Federal Court on Wednesday slammed defamatory comments he made about her in 2018 as âobviously sexistâ, âpuerileâ, âpungentâ and âboysâ-own locker-room gossipâ .
The Greens senator praised the decision, which dismissed an appeal by Mr Leyonhjelm of an earlier defamation finding, as âa timely and crucial message that women deserve to be safe and respectedâ and that politicians âare not above the lawâ.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, centre, and her barrister, Sue Chrysanthou, SC, left, outside court.Â
Joel Carrett
The comments arose in media interviews made after Mr Leyonhjelmâs âstop shagging menâ attack on Ms Hanson-Young in the Senate, and included claims that she was a âmisandristâ who thought âall men are rapistsâ.
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Ex-pollieâs court loss over âshaggingâ jibe Former senator David Leyonhjelm was ruled to have defamed Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Picture: AAP Image/Joel Carrett
Politics by Lane Sainty 3rd Mar 2021 9:35 AM Former Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm has failed in a bid to overturn his court loss in a defamation case brought by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Mr Leyonhjelm was ordered to pay Ms Hanson-Young $120,000 and interest in the Federal Court of Australia in 2019. Â The court found he had defamed her in media interviews following a heated dispute in the Senate in which he told Ms Hanson-Young to stop shagging men .