‘Pinched her bum’ leaked text messages of Mark Latham’s ‘fantasy’
Mark Latham has been slammed as “a pig” after revelations he photographed female MPs at work and joked about having “a threesome” with one colleague.
Mark Latham has been slammed as “a pig” after revelations he photographed female MPs at work and joked about having “a threesome” with NSW Greens MP Abigail Boyd in WhatsApp messages with his ex-partner.
In the latest controversy to erupt over a trove of leaked text messages between the NSW MP and his ex-lover Nathalie Matthews, Mr Latham has made a range of disparaging comments about women he works with in NSW Parliament.
In a series of WhatsApp messages, the pair referred to Greens MP Abigail Boyd wearing “f**k me boots” before he and Ms Matthews discussed the prospect of a threesome with the MP.
Ms Boyd is a feminist and lawyer who has campaigned tirelessly for women’s rights. She declined to comment on the messages.
Mr Latham has not denied the text messages but insisted they were playful banter with his ex-partner, who this week alleged he “defecated” on her before sex.
He has denied abusing Ms Matthews in any way, insisting all of their interactions were entirely consensual.
She has lodged a legal application for an order to prohibit Mr Latham from contacting her claiming a sustained pattern of abuse and coercive control.
News.com.au does not suggest these allegations are true, only that they have been made against a serving NSW MP and a court will hear the application later this month.
He has not been charged with any offence.
‘A pig’: Housing Minister slams Mark Latham
Housing Minister Rose Jackson slammed Mark Latham as a“a pig” in the wake of the latest revelations of his conduct in private text messages about colleagues.
“Mark Latham is a pig,” she said.
She noted his previous attacks on campaigner Rosie Batty whose son was murdered in a domestic violence incident by his own father.
“This man has attacked Rosie Batty, telling her to grieve in private. This man is well known on the record, multiple times as a bigot – one of the biggest bigots in the state.”
“It’s extremely confronting for me to think that in a workplace there’s someone who thinks it’s acceptable to take photos of you and to share them with derogatory comments,” she said.
‘Pinched her bum’
Mr Latham also claims in the new messages, first revealed by The Daily Telegraph, that he pinched Liberal MP Eleni Petinos on the bottom, an incident she says never happened dismissing the 65-year-old man’s WhatsApp claims as “a fantasy”.
In one Instagram message sent to his former partner Nathalie Matthews, Mr Latham shared a photo of Greens MP Abigail Boyd in the parliamentary chamber, taken without her knowledge.
He then shared a photo of Liberal MP Susan Carter taken from behind showing her full body and bottom, saying “then it gets worse .... Grandma”.
In another message, he said Miranda MP Eleni Petinos “looks pregnant”.
“I pinched her bum lightly and she smiled!!” he said.
But Ms Petinos told the Daily Telegraph that the incident never happened, and was “an absolute fantasy”.
“That is not in the realms of possibility,” she said.
“Mark’s attitude towards his colleagues is disgraceful - instead of showing respect he chooses to objectify and degrade.
“It’s just grossly inappropriate - we don’t walk around to be objectified everyday.”
Mr Latham insisted that his message about pinching the bottom of Ms Petinos was an “in-joke”.
“(Ms) Matthews had a particular interest/amusement in the weight gain of a female Liberal MP she knew and loved feedback from me about her,” he said.
‘Sick puppies and the Poison Dwarf’
Mr Latham has attacked the media as “sick puppies” for asking him about sex videos at Parliament House and called one reporter “a poison dwarf.”
He said the media stories based on Ms Matthews’ messages “has come down to the weird, woke and wowser, with their Poisoned Dwarf asking me if it’s sexual harassment to take a picture of a women in parliament.”
“Which the media, of course, do all the time!!!,’’ he said.
The photographs taken of female MPs in Parliament are not taken surreptitiously but by accredited photographers working in the press gallery and taken with the knowledge of MPs.
Mr Latham also jokes about a “weird fruit bowl” on a table in his parliamentary office. “We were very fruity,” he joked, with an eggplant emoji.
Alongside a photo of the table, Mr Latham wrote “I’m planning to take this table to new office. More use with my hot wife.”
The revelations of these texts follows allegations of a sex act filmed in Mr Latham’s office, that formed part of Ms Matthews’ allegations she took to police before they decided not to pursue an apprehended violence order.
On X, Mr Latham said questions about sexual activity on his office desk had “no suggestion of any law or rule (being) broken”.
‘Freak off’ claims
Meanwhile, a Queensland sex worker claimed that Mr Latham and his then girlfriend contacted her and even met with her at a ritzy event at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse.
Carly Electric said she suspected she was contacted because the couple wanted to hire her for a threesome.
In a message sent by Mr Latham to his now ex-girlfriend, he said Ms Electric was “good rooter” and joked if she might want to be involved in a “freak off” – the now infamous term used by Sean “Diddy” Combs to describe threesomes where one person looks on.
“It was just implied … who comes to a sex worker and behaves this way?” Ms Electric said of the interactions.
Mr Latham dismissed the discussions of freak offs as “a prank joke.”
“Just as the Tele today ran cherry-picked messages between me and Nathalie Matthews, with no context, missing in-jokes and pranks, they are at it again,’’ he said.
“Often enough between consenting adults there are 10-20 messages leading up to a prank joke. Haha.”
‘Masters c*ck’ messages
A leaked trove of Mr Latham’s texts with Ms Matthews earlier this week exposed the couple’s habit of graphic sexting exchanges about sex acts while Parliament was sitting and the use of tracking devices to find a “f*ck parlour.”
In one text exchange on February 20 at 11:06 am, the former Labor leader wrote: “Master’s c**k needs relief too. Very hard thinking about you.”
The 64-year-old followed up with a series of emojis including a purple eggplant and a tongue. “Haven’t c*m in days,’’ he wrote.
“Lots of c**k tension.” The messages continued throughout the day with Mr Latham referencing parliamentary work around 8pm.
“Made it back for the first vote after dinner,’’ he wrote. “I needed that. You’re amazing.”
Mr Latham labelled Ms Mathews’ allegations of coercive control as “comically false and ridiculous” in a post on X.
“As the old saying goes, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” the post said.
“The story says that Ms Matthews went to the police and they did not do anything. They certainly haven’t contacted me.”
‘Where’s your tracker
In October, the pair discussed tracking devices.
“Update your tracker,’’ Mr Latham wrote.
“Where’s tracker? Please follow instructions. Send tracker so I can find this f*ck parlour.”
But the breakdown between the pair was also detailed in more recent messages after the relationship turned sour.
“The heinous monster I saw and that physically attacked me that Tuesday night is responsible for any heart issues you might have,’’ Mr Latham wrote on June 6.
“Yes, I imploded on the person I love the most due to various external factors, and I never recall a physical attack,’’ Ms Matthews responded.
“I reported the attack on me and the other threats you made that night to parliamentary security, as I am obliged to do,’’ Mr Latham said.
“I have also had to see a doctor for the shakes I’ve had since that nightmarish night, and he advised the same thing.
“You obviously don’t understand what you did, drunk, covered in mud, a monster screaming.”
Mr Latham defended his taxpayer-funded sexting sessions conducted on the floor of NSW Parliament.
After the release of hundreds of leaked text messages including sexual messages sent at the same time as he was sitting in Parliament, Mr Latham has insisted it never impacted his work.
“I don’t think responding to a consensual partner on a private, intimate matter in any way has reduced my workload, which I would match up against any other member in the place,” he said.
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