Attorney-General Christian Porter has gone public to deny allegations of rape after days of conjecture about his identity and a NSW Police decision to close its investigation into the case.
While the woman prepared a lengthy document about her experience, the NSW Police said on Tuesday the woman did not provide a formal witness statement and there was no evidence to continue the investigation so it has been closed. Mr Albanese did not call for the minister to stand aside or resign but said Prime Minister Scott Morrison should not let the police statement be the end of the matter.
Some of her friends have since revealed she told them of the 1988 rape at the end of 2019. One friend, Dhanya Mani, said the woman approached her after Ms Mani spoke in public about sexual harassment in politics in July that year.
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