Sunday Herald Sun reporter Hamish Heard has revealed that a $20 million lawsuit has been filed by the false rape accuser of former Victorian cabinet minister Theo Theophanous.
The woman, who now lives in Greece, claims Age journalist Carolyn Webb falsified an interview with her that led to a Greek court handing her a two-year suspended jail sentence for criminal defamation in 2009, according to ‘Herald Sun’.
According to the woman suing them, they have refused to provide evidence to the Greek courts that would substantiate the purported interview they published.
Mr. Theophanous was charged and subsequently cleared of the offence. But the allegations ruined his political career, causing him to resign from the cabinet before quitting Parliament.
The woman is seeking $20 million in damages, claiming the article ruined her life, leaving her unemployable in Greece and suffering from mental illness, ‘Herald Sun’ concluded.
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