Ben Roberts-Smith, a former member of Australian army, loses defamation suit against newspapers accusing him of murder, domestic violence, witness intimidation and war crimes in Afghanistan
alleged that behind Roberts-Smith's lauded public persona lay a pattern of criminal behaviour.
The towering veteran was also accused of domestic violence against a woman in a Canberra hotel –– something the ruling said had not been completely proven –– and of engaging"in a campaign of bullying" against a fellow soldier. The case became one of Australia's longest-running defamation trials, with 40 witnesses often providing harrowing evidence against Roberts-Smith. It also exposed a broader controversy about alleged abuses committed by Australia's special forces in Afghanistan.
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