It has been a bombshell day within the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial, with a former solider contemplating pulling the pin on proof and a serving SAS member compelled to confess he met with two 9 Newspaper journalists, who the battle hero is suing.
New paperwork additionally launched immediately have given perception into Roberts-Smith's affair with a girl who has accused him of home violence.
The girl, often called Individual 17, claimed she was assaulted by the embellished soldier at Resort Realm in Canberra in 2018.
However the Victoria Cross recipient is adamant his mistress fell down the steps at an occasion they attended at Parliament Home.
Previous to that evening, textual content messages between the pair reveal their fling was flirtatious.
"Your wonderful (sic), you make me really feel like I by no means have earlier than," Roberts-Smith wrote to her.
"I do know. As onerous I discover being away from you - it is the mendacity and pretending that is doing my head in," she replied.
Then, a month after the occasion in Canberra, Roberts-Smith's lover confronted his spouse on the household dwelling.
"What have you ever performed, that is outright blackmail," Roberts-Smith wrote to Individual 17.
"In the event you love Emma (Robert-Smith's spouse) and genuinely wish to repair your marriage then it wanted to come back out... You have been mendacity to everyone and it is time to cease," she replied.
The Federal Courtroom additionally heard a shocking confession from a serving SAS member immediately, who was compelled to confess he met with two 9 Newspaper journalist being sued by Roberts-Smith.
He claimed a type of catchups was an entire blur and denied sharing details about the VC winner.
In one other dramatic twist, a former soldier is now contemplating pulling the pin on giving proof.
The high-stakes trial resumes tomorrow.