Brian Burston, who represented One Nation from 2016 to 2018, is suing his former leader for what he says were accusations of sexual harassment against him
The alleged comments about the staffer made her feel “objectified and distressed” and led to her seeking counselling, Hanson’s defence states.“It doesn’t make me too comfortable, it’s making me out to be a pervert in effect.”McClintock said his client would argue that the sexual harassment allegations were “entirely fabricated” and that the events claimed by Hanson “never happened”.
In the same text sent by Hanson to Burston’s wife in 2019, the One Nation founder also denied she had ever “hit on” Burston, after the senator accused her of“This is the man who said he would never hurt me or try to destroy One Nation. He turned on me because I couldn’t endorse him for another 6 years.
“I am sorry that was a political decision because he never worked enough to keep it. You may think differently but please be objective.”