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The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Frank Zumbo tells court cultural misunderstanding led him to demand ‘thank you kiss’ in exchange for gift

Frank Zumbo leaves the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney.
Frank Zumbo told the court he was ‘confused’ by the alleged victim’s lack of reciprocity. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Frank Zumbo has told a court it was confusion and a cultural misunderstanding that caused him to demand a hug and a “thank you kiss” from a young female staff member to whom he had given an envelope full of cash as a birthday present.

Zumbo and the woman, who worked in the office of the then federal MP Craig Kelly, were alone in a car, in a car park, beneath Tom Uglys Bridge late at night after a dinner.

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