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Court hears of war hero’s legal threat to ex-wife

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Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to sue his ex-wife as she gets set to testify against the decorated ex-soldier in his upcoming defamation battle.

The Victoria Cross recipient is suing The Age and Sydney Morning Herald over reports that alleged he committed war crimes during deployments in Afghanistan and punched his mistress in the face.

The former SAS soldier has denied the claims and is suing for aggravated damages.

He says the reports, which made allegations of bullying, intimidation and that he killed six Afghans outside of combat, portrayed…



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