A Magistrate who told a sexual assault complainant that
"she had put herself in the position" of being sexual
assaulted and subsequently "had buyer's remorse"
has resigned following an investigation by the Judicial
Commission of Victoria.
The Commission
ordered an investigation into now former magistrate Richard
Pithouse over a string of complaints, including remarks amounting
to 'victim blaming' made while he was presiding over a case
involving a civil claim by a woman for victims' compensation
for alleged acts of a sexual nature committed against her.
'Victim
blaming'
According to the complainant's case, she met a man at
Melbourne's Crown Casino in 2017 where they had several drinks
before the pair proceeded to the man's Yarraville home.
