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Xero founder Rod Drury in 2018. He has retired from the company’s board, but remains an adviser.

Founder of $14b tech firm denies sexual misconduct, but returns ‘NZer of the Year’ award

Sir Rod Drury, the founder of ASX-listed software company Xero, has handed back the gong.

  • Elias Visontay

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Claudia Conte claimed in a radio interview that she was having an affair with the interior minister.

Italian PM’s cabinet rocked by affair scandal

A second minister has been caught up in a romance with a younger online influencer as Giorgia Meloni recovers from a bruising referendum defeat.

  • Nick Squires
Corporate Travel Management’s Jamie Pherous.

Why this charismatic corporate salesman’s reign came to an end

In August, CTM’s accounting anomaly was described as something of a minor discrepancy with no cash implications. Subsequent events have made that characterisation ludicrous.

  • Elizabeth Knight
David Walliams at the London film festival in London in October.

BBC under pressure to axe David Walliams’ shows over alleged behaviour

Little Britain star David Walliams, who is a successful children’s author, was dropped by his publisher HarperCollins on Friday following an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour towards young women.

  • Fiona Parker, Martin Evans and Amy Gibbons
Corporate Travel Management chief executive Jamie Pherous, and a barge in England, part of a contract with Corporate Travel Management.

The pitchforks are out for this Aussie travel company

ASX-listed Corporate Travel Management has gone into a tailspin from which it will be difficult to pull out.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Wilawan “Golf” Emsawat (wearing face mask) during her arrest at her home in Nonthaburi on Tuesday.

The Buddhist monk sex scandal that’s gripping Thailand

Prominent monks are leaving the order almost daily in an unfolding controversy centred on a woman nicknamed “Golf”. Other misbehaving monks are in hiding.

  • Zach Hope and Veena Thoopkrajae
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Maurice Terzini's former wife Emma Addams speaks out about her relationship with the famous restaurateur
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"Promised me the world and delivered a nightmare"

Maurice Terzini's former wife Emma Addams speaks out about her relationship with the famous restaurateur

Essendon premiership player Ricky Olarenshaw and his wife, Sarnanitha, in 2023.

Olarenshaw’s wife found guilty of allowing ‘pornography services’

In a bad day for purveyors and partakers in Bali’s raunchy massage scene, two other Australians were also found guilty on the charges in separate cases.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Rumour and disinformation surrounds the high-profile clash between the stars of It Ends With Us, with Blake Lively claiming she and others on set were sexually harassed, while Justin Baldoni - who also directed and co-produced the film - issuing a counterclaim against her and husband Ryan Reynolds.
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Making sense of the Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni case

Rumour and disinformation surrounds the high-profile clash between the stars of It Ends With Us, with Blake Lively claiming she and others on set were sexually harassed, while Justin Baldoni - who also directed and co-produced the film - issuing a counterclaim against her and husband Ryan Reynolds.

Earl Spencer and Countess Spencer.

Earl Spencer accused of bullying his wife, court document reveals

Princess Diana’s brother is alleged to have threatened Countess Spencer just hours after the death of her father.

  • Victoria Ward