Robert Irwin Claims Cartoon Depicting Him Is “Defamation,” Threatens To Sue Party Leader

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'We will commence legal action against you if you do not take down the video immediately,' the 20-year-old's legal team warned.

Robert Irwin threatened legal action against politician Pauline Hanson's satirical cartoon depicting him.The video contrasts Irwin's upbeat attitude with Queensland's issues in housing, crime, and healthcare.

In the letter, Lawyer Zoe Naylor demands that the video be taken down and StepMates Studios stop using Robert Irwin’s image without approval. “We are concerned that the unlawful use of our client’s image may be an attempt to pass off yourself or the party as currently being affiliated or otherwise authorized by us, which you are not.“The use of our client’s image and name on the video is capable of leading not an insignificant number of reasonable and/or ordinary people into erroneously believing that Pauline Hanson is associated with Robert.

Responding to the young man, Hanson stated that the video wasn’t about him but about issues in Queensland. Furthermore, the party leader implied that“Lighten up, Robert. Your father, Steve, he was a larrikin; he had a laugh, he could take the mickey out of himself, and you’re complaining about this,” said the politician, whose anti-immigration views have been regarded as racist and xenophobic.

 

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