- Lidia Thorpe apologized to Pauline Hanson
- He had called her a “convicted racist.”
Lidia Thorpe has humiliatedly apologized to Pauline Hanson for calling her a “convicted racist”.
The One Nation leader had issued defamation warnings to Ms Thorpe and Channel Nine’s Today show after the senator labeled her a “convicted racist” on the show on November 28.
The letters, titled “urgent defamation”, demanded that Thorpe apologize to Hanson or face legal action.
On Monday, the senator apologized.
“My comments about Hanson last week concerned the federal court ruling that found she racially vilified a senator, contravened the Racial Discrimination Act and exhibited a strong form of racism,” Thorpe wrote on social media platform X.
‘To clarify, I was wrong in saying she was “convicted” because it was a civil case.’
Lawyers Gillis Delaney sent Ms Thorpe the letters urging her to apologize for the “irresponsible” comments.
‘It is very irresponsible of them to have used this language on national television. “It cannot have occurred innocently, given how patently false his claim is,” it said.
Lidia Thorpe has humiliatedly apologized to Pauline Hanson for calling her a “convicted racist”
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