Ben Roberts-Smith's landmark defamation case ended in June, now it's a documentary. Here's what we learnt

The saga of Ben Roberts-Smith's extraordinary defamation case has made its way to the small screen in lightning-fast time. Masters was 'terrified' when the first report dropped Judge delivers devastating blow to Ben Roberts Smith Photo shows Ben Roberts-Smith looks at the camera outside a court building Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith's decision to sue the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times, and three journalists, in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018 backfires. "Ben Roberts-Smith literally sent an anonymous letter via a third party to an SAS person saying, 'Come after me, I'm gonna come after you,'" McKenzie says. McKenzie says Roberts-Smith sent this complaint and allegations that the soldier was "going to engage in a massacre" to journalists, politicians and the police. The future of Australia defamation cases Ben Roberts-Smith tried to clear his name — it proved to be an expensive own goal Photo shows Ben Roberts-Smith surrounded by journalist outside of court If Ben Roberts-Smith thought his reputation was in tatters before today, it's hard to imagine what state it's in now, after a Federal Court judge threw out his defamation lawsuit and ruled the most serious imputations made against him had been proven.