’13 more females have come forward with complaints’: Seven takes aim at Robert Ovadia in Federal Court

Seven has alleged that thirteen women have come forward with further complaints against its recently sacked crime reporter Robert Ovadia, during the first day of his unlawful dismissal case in the Federal Court.

Seven’s barrister Vanja Bulut said since the network sacked the journalist in June, “13 more females have come forward with complaints in relation to his conduct”, and the journalist “had been put on notice of that” and “to the extent that those allegations are recorded in documents, those documents have been provided.”

Bulut continued: “The conduct that has come to light subsequently does provide a basis to summarily terminate, and my client is able to rely on those additional allegations”, which will be submitted as a written defence.