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20 Oct 05:35am

Filed under: Courts, David Jones, Kirsty Fraser Kirk, Mark Mcinnes, Sexual Harassment

Room 22B of the Federal Court of NSW grew pretty crowded as Kristy Fraser-Kirk’s $37 million sexual harassment lawsuit against David Jones, its directors and ex-CEO Mark McInnes came to a head.

Here's looking at you kid. Source: Daily Telegraph

But if you went to the public gallery expecting to see any of the high-profile players you’d be sorely disappointed.

While the case itself had enough salacious and emotive elements to see it dramatically splashed across print, TV and online as a top-rating story, the scene in court was one carefully cloaked in the cool, passive-aggressive language of the legal profession.

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Charles Kelly says:

04:12pm | 22/10/10

It’s a win-win for women who constantly flirt and use their sexuality for career advancement. If their attempts prove ineffective, at least they know they can always sue for sexual harassment instead. Read more »
Charles Kelly says:

08:42pm | 21/10/10

I can’t believe some people are so gullible, they actually buy into the whole “punitive damages” excuse! It was simply a convenient escape clause, designed to disguise the fact that this greedy unscrupulous gold-digger was always just in it for the money. Read more »

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