Former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson has told a defamation trial Ben Roberts-Smith was "the most respected, admired and revered Australian soldier in more than half a century".Dr Nelson said Mr Roberts-Smith had become despondent after allegations against him were publishedThe proceedings have moved online in the fourth week of the trial due to Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown
Dr Nelson, who was the director of the Australian War Memorial from 2012, was today called as a witness by Mr Roberts-Smith's legal team to give evidence about his reputation prior to the articles. "Wherever he went, wherever it was, he was the subject and the object of what I would regard as reverential mobs," he continued."Men and women of everyday life who would want to be with him, to shake his hand, perhaps to have a photograph."
Lib leader, hmm a bastion of morality and truth...
😂😂😂 *maybe* he was, until he brought this defo case. All his dirty laundry has pretty much ruined the reputation he was trying to protect.
Are such hearsay comments really relevant in a truth defence defamation one wonders 🤨🤨🤨?
I believe every soldier who testified against this grubs crimes another of the protected elite grubs club
Just like all those other righteous people who turned out to be pedophiles
Key word WAS 'the most respected, admired and revered Australian soldier in more than half a century'.
When you have to get Brendan Nelson to speak for you, you know you’re toxic stuff.
*was*
Rolf Harris was also revered and admired. Turns our he was a grub.. This is ridiculous evidence. If Nelson is your only hope you have no hope.
Did Nelson fight alongside him?
Brendan Nelson. Say no more.
Two of a Kind😑😐
Other than the alleged killing of children etc etc