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Alt-right activist Avi Yemini sued by Melbourne gangland lawyer over defamatory post

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Published: 18 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Zarah Garde-Wilson has initiated legal action against Yemini, now a correspondent for Canadian-based alt-right website Rebel News

A GANGLAND LAWYER, her vlogging husband and a far-right agitator who once described himself as a Jewish Nazi are embroiled in a Federal Court fight which will test the capacity of defamation law to resolve disputes on the fact-free fringes of online publishing.

Melbourne defence lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson has initiated legal action against alt-right activist Avi Yemini, who since last year has been engaged in an increasingly bitter stoush with Ms Garde-Wilson’s husband and self-styled video blogger Lansley Simon.

Their dispute reached a nasty crescendo two days before Christmas when Mr Yemini, a former member of the Israeli Defence Force now on the payroll of the Canadian-based alt-right website Rebel News, posted an image of Ms Garde-Wilson with the cap-locked headline: “ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR THREAT TO KILL”.

FULL STORY Gangland lawyer sues far-right agitator over defamatory posts (Age)

Photo: Avi Yemini (Rebel News, Canada)

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