One person has come forward regarding underage sex allegations that forced Greens MP Johnathan Davis, 31, to announce his resignation on Nov. 12.
The leader of the party in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Shane Rattenbury, said a man had come forward to his office since the allegations were made public that accused Mr. Davis of engaging in relations with a 15-year-old and 17-year-old boy.
The age of consent in the ACT is 16.
“I need to be clear that only one person has come forward to my office to talk about their intimate experience with Jonathan. That person was 17 years old at the time of the interactions they described,” Mr. Rattenbury, the ACT’s attorney general, told reporters on Nov. 13.
“I also need to be clear that I do not have any information confirming any illegal conduct by Jonathan. There has not been any person come forward to me, who has said they were 15 years old at the time of any sexual interactions with Jonathan.
“The concerns were raised by people who were not personally involved, but he stood strongly by the information they were presenting.”
On the evening of Nov. 12, Mr. Davis advised the attorney-general of his intention to resign from the ACT Parliament and to relinquish his Greens party membership.
“He is providing a letter to the speaker informing her of this decision,” Mr. Rattenbury said in a statement to The Epoch Times.
“The ACT Greens take the conduct of our [member of the Legislative Assembly or MLAs] seriously and believe Canberrans should rightly expect the highest standards of behaviour, integrity, and accountability from our representatives and members in office,” he said.
“While there has been no formal finding about Johnathan by any authorities, the intimate information that has been shared about his personal life has caused immense community concern, and the ACT Greens Party room supports his decision to resign from office.”
An ACT police spokesperson did confirmed to The Epoch Times that it received a referral in relation to Mr. Davis’ case, but did not confirm whether they had spoken to Mr. Davis or not.
Mr. Davis was elected in 2020 and was the party’s spokesperson for health, LGBT affairs, and education.
The Greens govern ACT in coalition with the Labor Party.
