Latest / The Front / Ralph Carr jailed for six years for 2023 rape

Transcript

Ralph Carr jailed for six years for 2023 rape · The Front

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Former talent agent Ralph Carr will
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: spend up to six years in a Victorian prison after
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: he was convicted of raping a woman at his home
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: in Melbourne in twenty twenty three. Carr managed the former
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: AFL player Dustin Martin, as well as singers Kate Sobrano,
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Vanessa Amrossi and Tina Arena, whom he was briefly married to.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: A jury found Car guilty of two counts of rape
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: and one count of sexual assault in July. His identity
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: had been kept secret for the duration of the proceedings
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: and was only made public when a suppression order was
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: lifted Following his conviction. Carr was sentenced to six years
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: in prison by County Court Judge Frank Guchado on Tuesday,
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: with a non parole period of four years. The former
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: celebrity manager appeared in court via videolink and sobbed as
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: the judge described his conduct as appalling. Carr has always
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: denied wrongdoing and has indicated he will appeal the conviction.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: One of Australia's elite Universities has issued an apology and
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: a substantial payout to a whistleblower academic who said she
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: lost to pregnancy and was driven to thoughts of self
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: harm because of bullying. The Australian National University, which has
• 1:17
  Speaker 1: been through several years of leadership turmoil, including the departure
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: of former chancellor and former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, said
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: its treatment of doctor Liz Allen was indefensible. In August
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, Allen, a former staff representative on the
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: university's governing council, told a Senate inquiry she had been
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: falsely accused of leaking to the media. Julie Bishop said
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: she had been cleared of all allegations and that she
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: had not bullied or harassed anyone. Public hearings in the
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will wrap up
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: on Wednesday, two days before the scheduled end date. That's
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: despite a push from Jewish leaders the Federal Coalition and
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: the New South Wales state government to extend the inquiry.
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: Representatives from the National Rugby League, Netball Australia and the
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: Jewish sports organization Maccabi Australia will give evidence On Tuesday.
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: Federal Opposition leader Angus Taylor said ending the public hearings
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: early is a quote betrayal of the Jewish community. More
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: than four and a half thousand members of the public
• 2:21
  Speaker 1: have signed a petition to extend the Royal Commission, which
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: is costing taxpayers one hundred and thirty one million dollars,
• 2:27
  Speaker 1: including one point three million for commission at Virginia Bell.
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: dot com dou and come back to the front first
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: thing in the morning for our look at a big
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: new scoop about your superannuation, A sneaky new tax hidden
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: in the budget papers that could mean you end up
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: with less in your balance. That's right here Wednesday morning.