1. Ali Elamine responds to ex-wife Sally Faulkner’s claims on Australian Story saying “the story is over.”
Ali Elamine, the former husband of Sally Faulkner, has responded to Ms Faulkner’s claims on Australian Story surrounding their relationship and her 60 Minutes child snatch operation.
Mr Elamine has told Fairfax Media that there is nothing more that should be aired about the custody battle, saying the “story is over.”
It came to light yesterday that Mr Elamine had previously taken their elder child away from Ms Faulkner for a period of three months when she was a baby.
Ms Faulkner recalled, the pair had packed Lahela’s things into their car while they were living in Lebanon and Lahela was 10-months-old when Elamine asked her to pass their child over to his mother for a hug.
“I handed her over, she took her… she took her and walked into the house,” she said.
She didn’t see her daughter for another three months.
Overnight Mr Elamine told Fairfax Media he was not interested in having a “back and forth” with his ex-wife via the media.
“I believe the story is over and what is most important now is the wellbeing of the kids,” he said.
He refused to answer claims he had separated Ms Faulkner from Lahela after he thought his wife flirted with a tradesman when she offered him a glass of water.
“She knows the truth and she can say whatever she wants,” he said.
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Starting to feel - from what we've been told so far - that in the Tostee case - the whole thing was really a culmination of sexual and social misadventure and the Aus-NZ casual sex with strangers + the drinking culture.
In what is not an uncommon scenario these days, thanks to hook up apps and online porn becoming so accessible and so pedestrian - two total strangers - with a good amount of sleaze thrown in - drink together significantly, go into one's home together, have sex, have some rough sex play that turns into just really rough play that is unexpected and starts to get haywire. That's a hell of a lot of intimacy and vulnerability in such a short time-frame. Unfortunately the home is on the 14th floor. Neither person knows how to respond to the impulsiveness of the other, neither was really in control of their own actions or judgement, and so some really illogical stupid shit happened, which had far-reaching consequences. No one wanted anyone to die. They'd had sex, so really they should have just left each other alone and parted ways. For whatever underlying reasons, she seems to have acted out and he put her outside. He didn't push her, she fell. There was never a chance of climbing down from such a height, but her judgement was very impaired.
It's horribly unfortunate and it could happen again. But no one is on trial here for sleaze or drinking... as unpleasant as some of it comes across. His reaction after the event was bizarre, we all think we'd call 000, but maybe he just sobered up suddenly and panicked. Who can say? it's a bit grey.
I think it's stupid for the many young people putting themselves in this position around the world nowadays, but it's becoming the norm. I do worry for the generation yet to become sexually active because what on earth will it be like in years to come? What will be expected of bodies and behaviour and courting, will love and committed relationships be n option at all anymore? And what value if any placed on intimacy? The current situation for people in their 20s and under makes me very glad I started my sex life way back in 1996.