[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’

Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.

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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Geoff Bainbridge quits Lark Distilling board over alleged drug use video

Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

Melbourne entrepreneur Geoff Bainbridge, a co-founder of Grill’d, has resigned as chief executive of an ASX-listed whiskey distillery after the emergence of video, published in a media outlet, purportedly showing him intoxicated while smoking methamphetamine.

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[Link] Ghislaine Maxwell requests new trial after lawyers raise concern about juror

Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have formally asked for a new trial after they raised concerns about a juror's possible failure to disclose before the trial that he was sexually abused as a child.

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[Link] Drake withdraws his two 2022 Grammy nominations

Read: 8/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Drake has decided to withdraw his two Grammy nominations.

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[Link] Ex-National Guard Official Accuses Army of ‘Stalinist’ Lies About Jan. 6

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and covering up their roles in delaying a military response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Col. Earl Matthews, a senior National Security Council and Army official who was the top attorney for the D.C.

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