Channel Seven billed $170,000 for legal costs of Ben Roberts-Smith’s witnesses - Sydney Morning Herald

Lawyers for three witnesses testifying on behalf of Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case sent invoices to Seven West Media, but chairman Kerry Stokes says he later paid the bills through a private company.

I havent spoken to anybody about [payment] and they havent put anything forward, he said, denying a suggestion from the newspapers barrister, Nicholas Owens, SC, that it was inconceivable he would ne… [+2750 chars]

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