“The attack upon her [credibility] is without merit.” The Federal Court should reject “outdated stereotypes” about domestic violence victims when considering whether war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith punched his former lover in the face, a court has heard. ...
that Roberts-Smith punched her on the left side of her face and eye following a dinner in Parliament House in Canberra in March 2018 after she embarrassed him by falling down the stairs while drunk at the venue and bumping her head.
Owens said Person 17 had “never denied” that she had fallen down the stairs while drunk, or that she suffered a serious eye injury as a result. He said it “does not follow at all” that because Person 17 sustained an injury earlier that night that she was not punched later in the evening. He said Roberts-Smith was not suing over a suggestion that he caused a black eye but an alleged imputation that he assaulted Person 17.
He submitted that Roberts-Smith was “plainly upset” with Person 17’s conduct that evening and it was not implausible that he “lashed out” at her at their hotel room. There was an “overwhelming” imperative to obtain medical help for Person 17 but Roberts-Smith did not do so, he said.
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