Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has resigned from his position as a senior Queensland executive for Channel Seven after losing a defamation case where the Federal Court found he was a murderer and war criminal.
On Friday, chief executive James Warburton told staff that Ben Roberts-Smith had resigned.
“As you’re all aware, the judgment in the defamation case was handed down yesterday,” Warburton wrote in an email obtained by other media outlets. “Ben has been on leave whilst the case was running, and today has offered his resignation, which we have accepted.
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