Overview
- The private AVO case, which was set for a three-day hearing Wednesday at Sydney’s Downing Centre, was withdrawn in court and the proceedings were scrapped.
- Nathalie Matthews also withdrew claims that Mark Latham pressured her into degrading sex acts, according to what the court was told.
- Latham denies the allegations and has not been charged with any crime.
- An apprehended violence order is a civil protection order in New South Wales, and private applications like this are uncommon.
- Related matters continue, including Matthews’ not guilty plea to separate revenge‑porn charges and a tribunal order that Latham pay MP Alex Greenwich $100,000, which he is appealing.