Christian Porter DROPS his defamation case against the ABC with no damages paid after suing over an online article about rape allegations against a cabinet minister
Former attorney-general Christian Porter has dropped his defamation case against the ABC.
‘All parties have agreed to not pursue the matter any further. No damages will be paid,’ the broadcaster said in a statement.
Mr Porter filed a case against the ABC and journalist Louise Milligan in March, claiming he was the victim of a malicious ‘trial by media’ regarding allegations that he raped his 16-year-old female debating teammate in Sydney 1988, when he was 17.
Attorney-General Christian Porter (pictured denying rape allegations in a tearful presser) sued the ABC for publishing an article online accusing him of raping a debating teammate in 1988
Mr Porter was not named as the alleged rapist in the report published on February 26, but outed himself as the senior minister being accused of the crime in a tearful media conference in which he announced he was going on mental health leave.
His lawyers claimed ‘many Australians’ could have figured out the story was about him and challenged the ABC to prove the allegations are true in the Federal Court.
But after mediation, Mr Porter has decided to drop the case.
The Attorney-General filed a case against ABC journalist Louise Milligan (pictured at the March 4 Justice rally)