Stokes在支持Roberts-Smith的诽谤诉讼失败后必须支付1 350万美元的法律费用。 Stokes must pay $13.5 million in legal fees after backing Roberts-Smith's failed defamation suit.

七西方媒体主席克里·斯托克斯(Kerry Stokes)在为本·罗伯茨-史密斯(Ben Roberts-Smith)对《时代与悉尼晨报》的诽谤失败案提供资金之后,必须支付1 350万美元的法律费用。 Kerry Stokes, chairman of Seven West Media, must pay $13.5 million in legal costs after funding Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation case against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Roberts-Smith是一名前士兵,当法院发现报纸关于他参与谋杀阿富汗境内手无寸铁的平民的报道属实时,他的案件败诉。 Roberts-Smith, a former soldier, lost his case when the court found the newspapers' reports on his involvement in the murder of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan were true. 总账单包括审判和评估过程的费用。 The total bill includes costs from the trial and the assessment process.