‘It Is Not True’: Labor MP Denies Assault Allegation

Victorian MP Will Fowles, with his wife Jessica, speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 11, 2019. AAP Image/David Crosling

The Victorian Labor MP at the centre of an assault allegation says he’s shocked and distressed and strenuously denies the accusation.

The state government on Saturday revealed it had referred Ringwood MP Will Fowles, a 45-year-old father of four, to police over an alleged “serious assault.”