Speaker Trevor Mallard is being sued following his claim last year that a rapist was working at Parliament. A parliamentary worker stood down in May last year after Mallard's comments alleges that the Speaker defamed him. The man's name, where he lives and the position he held at Parliament have been suppressed by the High Court. Speaker Trevor Mallard. I feel I've been bullied out of Parliament and harassed within it, particularly with The Speaker's claim," the man said in the interview at his home.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 28, 2020 04:18 UTC