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Luke Sayers settles ‘dick pic’ defamation fight with ex-wife Cate · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Some of the most senior figures
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  Speaker 1: in AFL will be spared court appearances after the former
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  Speaker 1: Carlton Football Club president Luke Sayers settled a defamation battle
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  Speaker 1: with his estranged wife Kate. Kate Sayers sued her husband
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  Speaker 1: for defamation after he alleged she posted lewd images on
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  Speaker 1: his social media accounts. The lawyer representing Luke Sayers read
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  Speaker 1: an apology to Kate Sayers in a Victorian Supreme Court
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  Speaker 1: hearing on Friday morning. The former Carlton president and PwC
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  Speaker 1: chief executive is believed to be travelling overseas. In the apology,
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  Speaker 1: Luke Sayers said he accepts his wife didn't make the
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  Speaker 1: post and apologised unreservedly for levelling blame at her. Kate
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  Speaker 1: Sayers read a statement outside court after the proceedings concluded.
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  Speaker 2: This brings to a close a painful and difficult chapter.
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  Speaker 2: that began with the extraordinary claims made about me that
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  Speaker 2: were accepted without challenge by powerful institutions and powerful people.
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  Speaker 2: I commence these proceedings to establish the truth clearly and finally.
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  Speaker 2: With Luke's apology today, I feel I have achieved what
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  Speaker 2: I set out to do. I now intend to move
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  Speaker 2: forward with my life with dignity.
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  Speaker 1: Kate Sayers did not comment on the terms of the
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  Speaker 1: settlement or if it includes a monetary component. She alleged
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  Speaker 1: he provided a statutory declaration to investigators from the AFL,
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  Speaker 1: falsely claiming she had accessed his ex-account and posted a
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  Speaker 1: nude picture. A female executive at a private health insurance
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  Speaker 1: company was tagged in the post, which was made in
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  Speaker 1: January 2025. Luke and Kate Sayers have been married for
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  Speaker 1: more than two decades and have four daughters together. Luke
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  Speaker 1: Sayers was president of Carlton from 2012 to 2025. One
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