Emma Husar defamation case: judge rules BuzzFeed may have implied she was a 'slut'

BuzzFeed barrister unsuccessfully argues article by journalist Alice Workman did not contain the imputation

The federal Labor MP Emma Husar has had an early victory in her defamation case against BuzzFeed, with a judge ruling an article published by the news website in July was capable of conveying that she was a “slut”.

Husar announced she had launched defamation proceedings against BuzzFeed earlier in December over what she described as a “slut-shaming” story that led to her announcing she would not recontest her seat at the next election.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Rcs9GS
via
0 Comments