The controversial former AFL player agent Ricky Nixon will be able to publish his book that allegedly includes references to the 17-year-old girl he had a relationship with, despite her bid to stop him writing about her.
Kim Duthie, now 22, obtained a temporary injunction from the Victorian supreme court last week to prevent Nixon, 52, publishing his tell-all book, My Side, claiming some of the book’s contents lied about and defamed her.
Duthie’s barrister, Will Houghton QC, had told the court the book painted her as a “temptress, wicked woman and seductress”, a slut and a prostitute.
On Friday Justice David Beach ordered that Nixon could not publish anything online or electronically about Duthie until mid next year, but dismissed her bid for an interlocutory injunction – meaning his book can be published in hard copy.
After the verdict Nixon said the book would be published on Friday afternoon and available on Tuesday.
He was not concerned that he could only publish in hard copy, saying that was his plan anyway.
“I’m going towards tomorrow,” Nixon said outside court.
Duthie smiled but did not comment as she left.
Nixon said the book was about his former wife, Jude, not about “the female everyone thinks it’s about”.
The book covers everything from his AFL career to mental illness, including an admission of drug addiction.
Nixon met Duthie in 2010 after the then-17-year-old published nude photos of some St Kilda football players online.
Footage later surfaced of Nixon in his underwear in Duthie’s hotel room and he was suspended by the AFL Players Association.
Nixon denies having a sexual relationship with Duthie, though she says they did.
Justice Beach couldn’t determine who was telling the truth and said that was a matter for the trial judge in a pending defamation case flagged by Duthie.
The book does not name Duthie, but her lawyers say it’s obvious which parts refer to her.
Nixon admitted the court case had boosted publicity for the book.
