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Suppression order extended for name of high-profile Qld man in extortion case
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- The woman was threatened after her former partner "reneged" on a property settlement they had agreed after their relationship broke down, the court heard.
- The Cairns Magistrates Court has heard an accused man, who cannot be named, threatened to expose an alleged affair his former partner had with the married high-profile Queenslander in 2017.
- "The respondent found out about [the affair] by going through the defendant's private laptop and taking screenshots of her private messages," Magistrate Gelma Meoli said.
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The woman was threatened after her former partner "reneged" on a property settlement they had agreed after their relationship broke down, the court heard. (ABC News: Mark Rigby)
Link copied Share Share article. A magistrate has extended a non-publication order preventing the identification of a high-profile Queensland man at the centre of an alleged extortion threat.
The Cairns Magistrates Court has heard an accused man, who cannot be named, threatened to expose an alleged affair his former partner had with the married high-profile Queenslander in 2017.
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