Luke Lazarus has denied that Saxon Mullins told him to “stop” when he had anal sex with her in an alley behind a Kings Cross nightclub in 2013.
Following ABC’s heartwrenching Four Corners feature on Saxon, who was 18 years old at the time of the incident, 26-year-old Lazarus gave an interview on Thursday. He spoke to 2GB’s Ben Fordham, who called Lazarus’ treatment of Mullins “despicable” and told him he was viewed as “scum”.
Lazarus was convicted in 2015 of assaulting Mullins but the conviction was overturned by a judge in 2016. He said it was “not true” the NSW woman had told him to stop that night.
He also maintained the argument he held while in court, that he believed she was consenting to the act.
Fordham pushed back, questioning Lazarus on his actions once he learned she was a virgin.
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I would like to have my first sexual experience by having anal sex on all fours in gravel said no woman ever!!! 😡😡😡
So an impartial court took an appeal and after reviewing the evidence found him not guilty. You may not like him, you may not like men, you may not personally engage in the activity, but none of this changes that he had his day in court and he is not guilty.
'During a second appeal, Judge Robyn Tupman was found to have failed to properly consider the steps taken by Lazarus “to understand whether [Saxon] was consenting”.
It would have gone to trial again as the judge that found him not guilty didn't follow the steps she should have in deciding if Lazarus knew she was consenting. The only reason it didn't was because it was deemed unfair to put all parties through a third trial. I'd say the 'not guilty' is debatable... He got one guilty, one not guilty, and neither was legally accurate.
Does he have a criminal record?
Don't care, I will judge him and I will say that I think his actions constitue rape. The courts need to catch up. He is scum.
So, why have courts and trials at all then under your system? Seems to be superfluous. Man; guilty.