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Miklos Bolza

Ex-CEO denies stalking model, sues for defamation

Simone Holtznagel rose to fame on Australia's Next Top Model. (Regi Varghese/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The former CEO of a peak industry body has fought back against a Daily Mail article which he says falsely reported that he stalked Australian reality TV star Simone Holtznagel.

Benjamin Reeves, 59, has hit the Dailymail with a defamation suit in the Federal Court over a September 2022 article which alleged he stalked Ms Holtznagel and had an apprehended violence order taken out against him by another woman.

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