Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is suing David Leyonhjelm for defamation over media interviews he gave after telling her in the senate to ‘stop shagging men.’ 9News
A then-senator's comments about Greens MP Sarah Hanson-Young sought to imply she was a narrow-minded, one-dimensional misandrist, her defamation hearing has been told.
She was the first witness at the defamation lawsuit brought by Senator Hanson-Young against the former Liberal Democrat senator over comments he made in three media interviews he gave between June 28 and July 2 last year and in a media statement. In the material, he elaborated on his comment to Senator Hanson-Young on the floor of parliament to "stop shagging men" amid a debate on legislation seeking to prevent violence against women.
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