Mark Latham’s comments ‘offensive and vulgar’ but did not harm Alex Greenwich’s reputation, defamation trial hears

Former NSW One Nation leader’s barrister argues homophobic tweet may have hurt Alex Greenwich but ‘it didn’t wound his reputation’

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Lawyers representing the former New South Wales One Nation leader Mark Latham have told a court that his comments about Alex Greenwich were offensive, crass and vulgar, but argued they had not harmed the Sydney MP’s reputation.

On the second day of defamation proceedings brought by Greenwich, Latham’s barrister, Kieran Smark SC, argued that people who made derogatory comments online after Latham’s homophobic tweet already felt negatively towards Greenwich.

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