'He will continue to bully me unless I stand up to him, so I have to.' Via Reuters
SYDNEY, Nov 25 - A female senator in Australia won a A$120,000 payout on Monday after suing a male colleague for defamation for sexually offensive remarks, closing a case that brought the spirit of the #MeToo movement to Australia's parliament.
Comments made in the chamber are subject to legal protections. But Leyonhjelm repeated the remark, using the same term, in subsequent media appearances. "The whole thing is just really awful and part of me wants to not go through with the court case because it's so exhausting, but I can't let him get away with this," Hanson-Young said in a hearing, according to a ruling published on Monday by Federal Court judge Richard White.Leyonhjelm admitted to the court his public statements carried the meaning suggested by his colleague but defended the lawsuit on the grounds that he was protected by parliamentary privilege.
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