Sarah Hanson-Young awarded $120,000 damages in defamation case against David Leyonhjelm

Greens senator sued Leyonhjelm after he refused to apologise for comments she said amounted to ‘slut-shaming’ her

David Leyonhjelm will be forced to pay Sarah Hanson-Young $120,000 plus interest after a judge ruled the former senator defamed her in a series of interviews last year.

On Monday federal court justice Richard White ruled in favour of Hanson-Young, agreeing that Leyonhjelm’s comments in a series of interviews did carry the imputation the Greens senator was a misandrist and a hypocrite.

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