They claim Ludbey’s interviews with ESPN, Daily Mail, Yahoo and nine.com.au about the podcast, during which he called them “three stooges” and “dickheads”, portrays them as “bullies” and “reprehensible people” who used their podcast to “strategically racially vilify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in order to make money for themselves”.
The statement of claim prepared by Simon Wilson QC says prior to Ludbey’s comments Newman and Scott “enjoyed good reputations throughout Australia”.


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