‘Gobsmacking’: What the profession has to say about the Porter allegations
By Naomi Neilson|04 March 2021
The legal profession has responded to Christian Porter’s denial of rape allegations, with some calling for an independent inquiry and others cautioning that the message of his press conference is that he “gets to say he’s innocent” and that’s the end of it.
Appearing tearfully before a gallery of Perth journalists, the federal Attorney-General strongly and repeatedly denied allegations that he raped a woman 33 years ago after a debating competition. He implored those watching to “imagine for a second that it’s not true” and blamed the media with claims that they never approached him before print.