Overview
- In a Saturday media address, Latham rejected allegations of emotional, physical and sexual abuse as “nonsense” and said he broke no laws or Legislative Council standing orders.
- He told reporters he found no evidence of any sex tape after examining his devices and said any recording would have been made without his knowledge or consent.
- Latham apologised to MPs Susan Carter and Abigail Boyd for secretly photographing them in the chamber and disparaging comments, and both have accepted his apology.
- NSW Police have declined to lay charges and former partner Nathalie Matthews’s private apprehended violence order application remains scheduled for a July 30 hearing in a local court.
- Premier Chris Minns and Greens leader Penny Sharpe plan to refer Latham’s conduct and use of parliamentary privilege to the privileges committee when parliament resumes.