Olympian Nova Peris sues Jacinta Price for Studio 10 debate that allegedly implied she ‘supported rapists’

January 31, 2020 10:32

Former senator and Olympian, Nova Peris, has begun defamation proceedings against conservative Alice Springs councillor, Jacinta Price, for allegedly implying in a Studio 10 segment that Peris “supported rapists to achieve positions of power” and “turned a blind eye to sexual violence against women”.

Broadcast this time last year, the 29 January 2019 panel saw Price claim that Peris has “been involved” with abusive Indigenous men in powerful positions.

Lydia Thorpe (left) and Jacinta Price (right) were joined by Studio 10 host Kerri-Anne Kennerley, who was labelled racist just the day before

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Brittney Rigby

Brittney Rigby was Mumbrella's deputy managing editor - news and analysis. She left Mumbrella in April 2021.

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defamation defamatory Jacinta Price Kerri-Anne Kennerley Lidia Thorpe Nova Peris statement of claim Studio 10 Supreme Court Ten

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Olympian Nova Peris sues Jacinta Price for Studio 10 debate that allegedly implied she ‘supported rapists’

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