After losing his defamation trial, the fallen war hero faces the prospect of a special investigator with a wealth of evidence that can be used against him in a criminal prosecution.
After Kerry Stokes, the most important person in Ben Roberts-Smith’s life right now is Mark Weinberg, KC.
Weinberg is the special investigator in the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI), which was established in 2021 after the Brereton inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
