{"id":583964,"date":"2026-10-23T07:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=583964"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:53:25","slug":"ben-roberts-smith-denies-war-crime-charges-in-emotional-radio-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=583964","title":{"rendered":"Ben Roberts-Smith Denies War Crime Charges in Emotional Radio Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

n a two-and-a-half-hour 2GB interview on October 22, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith<\/a> denied five war crime murder charges from his SAS service in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He called his April arrest at Sydney Airport a staged event for publicity, stood by every decision in his career, and expressed regret over not capturing an Afghan sergeant behind an insider attack that killed three Australians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facing a December court return after a 2023 defamation loss, he launched a clothing line to support his family while supporters view the case as persecution of a hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He called his April arrest at Sydney Airport a staged event for publicity, stood by every decision in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":583965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[16758],"class_list":["post-583964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","tag-ben-roberts-smith"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t