Speaker Trevor Mallard and the false rape claim - the 'truth' revealed 4 May, 2021 07:50 AM 6 minutes to read Speaker Trevor Mallard has cited an agreement not to speak about the false claim outside of parliamentary proceedings. Tonight he is speaking about it in the House. Photo / Mark Mitchell Speaker Trevor Mallard has cited an agreement not to speak about the false claim outside of parliamentary proceedings. Tonight he is speaking about it in the House. Photo / Mark Mitchell Derek Cheng is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldderek.cheng@nzme.co.nz Speaker Trevor Mallard has used the legal immunity of parliamentary privilege to say that a worker - who he apologised to for falsely accusing of rape - had committed sexual assault.