The former federal MP alleges she received “demeaning, degrading, and abusive” texts from NSW Liberal MP Taylor Martin over a five-year period.
Former federal MP Lucy Wicks has come forward as the Liberal Party figure who made a complaint about the conduct of a NSW state MP, alleging she received “demeaning, degrading, and abusive” texts from the politician over a five-year period.
Wicks was named as the complainant by Sydney radio station 2GB, owned by Nine, the publisher of this masthead, after making an anonymous complaint to the Liberal Party. “It includes allegations that I ... received hundreds of demeaning, degrading and abusive texts. During that five-year period, I was continually exposed to highly aggressive barrages of verbal abuse, which included threats to destroy my reputation if I spoke up.
In a statement, he apologised and said he would cooperate with the Liberal Party’s internal probe over the complaint.“I truly welcome the process that the party has commenced and I intend to fully cooperate,” he said.“There were heated words during my attempts to go separate ways that I sincerely regret. It was an ugly and undignified parting of ways.In a statement the Liberal Party said it had appointed a Senior Counsel to investigate the complaint.
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