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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade and Benita Kolovos

Victorian Liberal deputy Sam Groth and wife threaten defamation and privacy action over News Corp stories

Sam Groth and Brittany Groth attend the Tennis Australia Newcombe Medal awards night at Palladium at Crown in Melbourne, Monday, December 9, 2024
Lawyers for Sam and Brittany Groth have issued a legal letter over two Herald Sun articles. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/AAP

Victorian Liberal party deputy leader and former Australian tennis star, Sam Groth, has threatened legal action over News Corp stories which claimed Liberal colleagues of Groth’s were querying how he began his relationship with his wife, Brittany, with his lawyers claiming the articles are worse than “gutter journalism”.

A legal letter from law firm Giles George alleges two articles in the Herald Sun and social media posts published this week constitute a serious invasion of Brittany Groth’s privacy under new tort laws, which came into force last month.

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