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Ben Roberts-Smith admits to owning glass replica of prosthetic leg
Defamation 2021-06-21 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ben Roberts-Smith has admitted that he owns a glass replica of the prosthetic leg belonging to a man he killed in Afghanistan, as trial in […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith accused of ‘inventing stories’ on second day of cross-examination
Defamation 2021-06-18 2:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of ā€œinventing storiesā€ to conceal facts that would support publisher Fairfaxā€™s version of events concerning war crimes allegedly committed by […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith tells court another soldier shot at unarmed Afghan man first
Trials 2021-06-17 9:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court it was ā€œmore than reasonableā€ for him to assume an unarmed Afghan man was a hostile […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith feared media would ‘intercept’ phone calls, court told
Defamation 2021-06-16 5:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

Ben Roberts-Smith used burner phones to call SAS colleagues after growing fearful that members of the media were listening into his phone calls after a […]

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Roberts-Smith hired private investigator to check ex-partner had abortion, court hears
Defamation 2021-06-15 6:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court that he hired a private investigator to find out whether a woman who has accused him […]

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Victoria Cross ‘put a target on my back’, Ben Roberts-Smith tells court
Defamation 2021-06-11 2:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has said that while he was proud to have received the Victoria Cross for his actions at the 2010 battle of […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith takes stand as court hears of cover up of six murders
Defamation 2021-06-10 2:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ben Roberts-Smith took the stand on Thursday after publishers accused of defaming him detailed how the war veteran allegedly murdered six civilians and engaged in […]

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ā€˜Uncomfortableā€™ judge told Ben Roberts-Smith not in relationship with lawyer
Legal Ethics 2021-06-09 1:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

News publisher Fairfax has been accused of attempts to intimidate Ben Roberts-Smithā€™s lawyer in contempt of court by publishing inaccurate media reports that the solicitor […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith owed record damages after reputation ‘smashed and destroyed’ by Fairfax, court hears
Defamation 2021-06-08 12:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is owed record aggravated damages from Fairfax for publishing allegations of war crimes that it knew was false and decimating […]

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‘Corrosive jealousy’ drove allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith, court hears
Defamation 2021-06-07 2:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former soldiers driven by ‘corrosive jealousy’ of Ben Roberts-Smith plotted to take down the Victoria Cross recipient and were aided by “credulous journalists”, a court […]

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