"'According to his booky-wook, he was b******* by some dirty old men before he left New Zealand,' Mr Dunstan wrote. 'Maybe he secretly enjoyed it? A little bit. And so what if he did?'"
"'I would like to apologise unreservedly to you, your family and GLP staff for my recent comments on social media. These were crass and deeply regrettable ... To ensure that there is no repeat, I undertake to withdraw entirely, and permanently, from all public debate about you, the GLP and all related matters.'"
"Mr Maugham said that the post had 'lingered with' him for several days after reading it, adding that he remained distressed for weeks afterwards."
Richard Dunstan, an online commentator with ties to organisers at the 'gender-critical' group Sex Matters, posted a tweet that mocked Jolyon Maugham's account of childhood sexual abuse and suggested he may have secretly enjoyed it. Jolyon Maugham, who described being abused at 16 by a teacher and later by a 50-year-old flatmate in his book, filed a police report in December. The tweet distressed Maugham for days and weeks. Dunstan later emailed an unreserved apology to Maugham, his family and Good Law Project staff and pledged to withdraw permanently from public debate about him and the GLP. The apology came after Metropolitan Police contacted Dunstan for a statement regarding the complaint.
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