Australian Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith loses massive defamation case against mainstream media Australian Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith loses massive defamation case against mainstream media

Australian Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith los...

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A defamation case by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against three newspapers has been dismissed, after a judge found defences of substantial or contextual truth had been established over alleged unlawful killings and bullying.
The Victoria Cross recipient sued The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three journalists in the Federal Court over a series of stories published in 2018.