“Patsy” – American slang for somebody who has been set up to take the risk and the blame.
“Grifter” – con artist,scammer
There are a number of ways to attack a government other than in open Parliament and through the ballot box.
What better than a sex scandal ?
‘A sex scandal the party can be proud of. Another Barnaby but without the baby haha,’
Maybe somebody thought about that and made a plan.
So, around 4 a.m. one Saturday morning in March 2019, about a fortnight before a federal election is called, the female parliamentary aide who texted about a sex scandal, is found by security, lying naked on a couch in a minister’s office. Woohoo! Imagine the media potential – an Australian Watergate!!
She says she is okay, turns over and goes back to sleep, eventually leaving at about 10 am that morning.
Cleaners are sent in to clean the office, but find nothing suggestive of inappropriate conduct. (Seems a somewhat routine response for a serious place like a Minister’s office?)
The following Tuesday, explanations are sought from the woman and the man with whom she had entered the buiding as to the propriety of their entry so late at night. The woman raises sexual impropriety and reports to Police at Parliament. She hadn’t reported this before.
The man is dismissed for inapproriate entry to (not at) Parliament and another unrelated matter. I wonder why she wasn’t fired too? Passing out drunk and naked in a Minister’s office?
Some 2 weeks later an election is called by the Prime Minister. Two days after that, the complainant withdraws her complaint to the Police.
In October 2020, the media and a union raise questions about workplace culture in Parliament. A review ensues as there are other shaggy stories about after hours Parliamentary hijinks. The plot thickens…
In January 2021, the woman resigns after a meeting with a prominent journalist. Hmmm!
Two days after an interview is recorded for publication, the woman re-ignites her complaint first made 22 months before with the Police.
Former MP’s, Ministers and a Prime Minister are all tarnished by allegations about their parts in the piece.
A minister is obliged to apologise for calling the complainant “a lying cow” – talk about power!
A book deal for $325000 is offered.
Notwithstanding Police advice that the case is weak and the complainant unreliable, the Director Of Public Presecution decides to proceed. Did he jump or was he pushed?
The trial commences in October 2022. The complainant is not a good witness with inconsistent and improbable evidence. She takes a mid-trial break for mental health reasons and repeatedly weeps in public … something she said she could do again on tv, if required.
The jury is undecided and a protracted deliberation ensues. Fortuitously or unfortunately, a juror is found to have considered material extraneous to the trial and a mistrial is declared.
The plot gets thicker… The complainant goes to work for a former Labor Prime Minister!
But wait there’s more – both parties are now suing for damages, the complainant apparently while still under treatment for a mental condition.
No one has yet openly raised the possibility that the complainant is lying.
Other than her word, which is not convincing, there is no corroboratory evidence indicating sex occured.
Maybe her fragile nerves are a consequence of lies and the temptation of feminist fame and big bucks?!
Maybe she is a patsy, being manipulated by others?
There is big money and acres of potential scandal. Maybe she is a grifter…?
My money is on the former. I reckon she’s been inflated by others who see benefit in prolonging the chaos that has ensued.
It is important that you think about this matter which has extremely wide repercussions:
- It probably contributed to the LNP election loss and downfall of a Prime Minister
- Parliamentary security was demonstrated as culpably lax; there is a strong suggestion that late night shenanigans are not unusual.
- The DPP’s initial decision to prosecute was improper, at worst by political direction, which indicates gross intereference and dereliction of duty
- The attempts to amend the Evidence Act suggest further political involvement
- The civil damages suits are likely sponsored by wealthier parties than the man and woman. Cui bono?
- There has been clear evidence of manipulation by the media
From a wider perspective, it is clear that our judicial system needs serious review.
- Victims of sexual violence need to be better protected but not at expense of the presumption of innocence.
- The Jury system is no longer fit for purpose.
- The right to silence should be suspended by warrant based on substantial implicatory evidence. In other words, if a magistrate is satisfied that sufficient evidence exists to require explanation, he shall issue a directive requiring the person implicated to answer questions, perhaps in a closed court session.
- Lie detector tests should be required for all witnesses.
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