Australian Woman fined for defaming husband on Facebook
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Sydney: A court here has directed a woman to pay $12,500 ( INR79,0625) to her estranged husband after she defamed him on Facebook by accusing him of “domestic violence”.
The December 12 Facebook post read that Robyn Greeuw had “separated from Miro Dabrowski after 18 years of suffering domestic violence and abuse”, theSydney Morning Herald reported.
The judge at West Australian District Court ruled in schoolteacher Dabrowski’s favour, saying that Greeuw had not proved the comments were true.
“Domestic violence and abuse by its very nature usually [occurs] in the matrimonial home and in the absence of independent witnesses, it was possible to make defamation findings solely on the evidence of one partner against the other,” the judge said.
The December 12 Facebook post read that Robyn Greeuw had “separated from Miro Dabrowski after 18 years of suffering domestic violence and abuse”, theSydney Morning Herald reported.
The judge at West Australian District Court ruled in schoolteacher Dabrowski’s favour, saying that Greeuw had not proved the comments were true.
“Domestic violence and abuse by its very nature usually [occurs] in the matrimonial home and in the absence of independent witnesses, it was possible to make defamation findings solely on the evidence of one partner against the other,” the judge said.