Lawyers for
YouTube personality Jordan Shanks say defence will be in part based on deputy premier’s description of himself as ‘Pork-Barilaro’
YouTube personality Jordan Shanks has filed a truth defence in his defamation case against the New South Wales deputy premier, John Barilaro, ahead of his first appearance in court.
Barilaro is suing Shanks, who uses the nom de plume Friendlyjordies in his popular YouTube videos, for defamation over a series of videos the Nationals leader claims are “vile and racist” and brought him into “public disrepute, odium, ridicule and contempt”.