SYDNEY: A senior Australian cabinet minister on Monday dropped a high-profile defamation suit against public broadcaster ABC over its publication of rape allegations that helped spark nationwide.
Jo Dyer, a friend of the woman who accused former Attorney-General
Christian Porter of raping her in 1988, has issued a legal warning that she may launch her own defamation action against him.
Dyer released a statement today claiming that Porter had “twice impugned” her “honesty and integrity” during his defamation case against the ABC and
Four Corners journalist
Louise Milligan, which he has since dropped.
Breaking: Jo Dyer, a friend of Christian Porter’s Adelaide accuser has issued a defamation concerns notice over comments he made about her outside the court @instanteruditepic.twitter.com/5eD6PAXGLm
Dyer sent two concerns notices to Christian Porter via Marque Lawyers regarding comments he made about the ABC defamation case at press conferences, the latest being on Monday.
Commentary Former Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter has discontinued his defamation action against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and .
Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has dropped his case against the ABC and journalist Louise Milligan, less than three months after he launched it.