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Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent following an accusation of "stealthing" a woman in Sydney. [...] He thanked his lawyers, manager, as well as friends and family back in Sri Lanka, saying "everyone believed me, so that means a lot to me".
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-20): Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka found sexual assault accuser 'a bit weird' after talk of past lives, court hears Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka felt "scared" and thought a woman who later accused him of sexual assault was "a bit weird" after she spoke of knowing one another in a past life, a Sydney court has heard. [...] - Danushka Gunathilaka is on trial for one count of sexual intercourse without consent - The cricketer denies an act of "stealthing", or removing a condom without the complainant's knowledge - He told police the woman said the pair knew each other in a past life
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-21): Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka pursued woman 'relentlessly' before alleged sexual assault, court told Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka pursued a Tinder date "relentlessly" before an alleged sexual assault, prosecutors have told a Sydney court, as his lawyers insist the woman has created an unsustainable "narrative". [...] - Danushka Gunathilaka is accused of "stealthing" his alleged victim, and using excessive force during intercourse - The cricketer's lawyers say his alleged victim's story is inconcistent and doesn't stand up to scrutiny - The judge-alone District Court trial concludes today
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Danushka Gunathilaka: Sri Lankan cricketer found not guilty of rape [...] Danushka Gunathilaka, 32, was accused of assaulting the Sydney woman at her home after a Tinder date in November.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Danushka Gunathilaka: Sri Lankan cricketer found not guilty of rape - Published [...] Danushka Gunathilaka, 32, was accused of assaulting the Sydney woman at her home after a Tinder date in November.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka found not guilty of sexual assault without consent [...] Danushka Gunathilaka learned his fate on Thursday following a judge alone trial at the Downing Centre District Court after pleading not guilty to the single charge. [...] Under cross-examination from Mr Gunathilaka’s barrister, Murugan Thangaraj SC, the woman denied claims she was the one to bring up the topic, and told the court it was the cricketer who said they knew each other in a past life.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Outside court, Gunathilaka told reporters the verdict "says everything". He thanked his lawyers, manager, parents and others in Sri Lanka for their support during the "hard time" over the past 11 months.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is free to return home after a Sydney judge on Thursday found him not guilty of sexual assault without consent. [...] "I think the judge’s verdict says everything," he said outside court, thanking his family, lawyers, manager and supporters.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-29): Danushka Gunathilaka's girlfriend: Sri Lankan cricket star thanks woman who wouldn't let go of his hand - after he was found not guilty of 'stealthing' his Tinder date - Star cricketer found not guilty of sexual assault charge - He was accused of 'stealthing' a Tinder date during World Cup - He paid tribute to his new girlfriend outside court on Thursday - Do you know more? Email tita.smith@mailonline.com [...] During his speech, he made a special mention of his legal counsel Murugan Thangaraj SC and to his girlfriend, Celine, who has accompanied him to court, holding his hand, in recent weeks. [...] Danushka Gunathilaka is pictured outside court with his girlfriend on Thursday 'The last 11 months have been really hard for me and especially for my lawyers, my manager, Celine and my parents and a few other people back in Sri Lanka.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2022-11-13): On Wednesday, a new Sydney-based law firm was retained by Sri Lanka Cricket on behalf of multimillionaire Danushka — who, as the Police Fact Sheet also revealed, earns US$8000 or approx. Rs. 3m a month and spends US$4000 or approx. Rs. 1.5m a month – to represent him, replacing the Lankan-born lawyer. The firm issued a statement declaring: ‘Danushka Gunathilaka maintains his innocence.’The presumption of innocence will, of course, be a matter for prosecutors in an Australian Court to rebut beyond a reasonable doubt to the satisfaction of an Australian judge and jury when the case comes up for trial sometime next year. It’s best to let the matter rest in a Sydney courtroom and let justice take its course. [...] On November 8, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board announced that it will be paying for Danushka’s legal defence in Australia. They said; ‘He was with the team in an official capacity, so we felt we should pay the legal fees.’ [...] On Thursday, Sports Minister Ranasinghe publicly apologised to the Australian people for the incident but said ‘since Danushka is a Sri Lankan citizen and a player, we have a responsibility to pay for his legal defence’. Does this mean that any Lankan citizen abroad accused of a heinous crime will be afforded a top legal defence paid for by public money?
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2022-11-17): Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been granted bail on sexual assault charges after a court heard he had the support of the Sri Lankan cricket association and government, and sureties totalling $200,000 were accepted. [...] Murugan Thangaraj, lawyer for international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, on claims that people with Sri Lankan names have found the online accounts of the complainant [...] Police say Gunathilaka accompanied the 29-year-old woman to her home, where she had "only agreed to continued sexual activity if the accused wore a condom".
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-24): Sri Lankan cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka stood trial in the Downing Centre District Court over four days this week after pleading not guilty to one charge of sexual assault without consent. [...] But the cricketer's lawyer, Murugan Thangaraj SC, told the court the alleged victim had provided a narrative that had 'morphed' and 'shaped to fit the allegation'.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2024-03-07): Court documents identified the surviving father as Dhanushka Wickramasinghe.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2022-11-08): A statement said: "Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the appointment of a three-member investigation panel consisting of Justice Sisira Ratnayake (retired High Court judge), Mr Niroshana Perera (attorney-at-law), and Mr Asela Rekawa (attorney-at-law) to initiate an inquiry into the alleged incident involving player Danushka Gunathilaka.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2024-01-01): For General & Booking Enquiries enquiries please contact Danushka on or email danushka@thoughtleaders4.com
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-09-29): 09-29-2023, 01:22 AM (09-28-2023, 08:20 PM)Regista Wrote: [ -> ](09-28-2023, 08:00 PM)BELSWILF Wrote: [ -> ]Also, OMG that blond, young woman standing behind DG during his post-acquittal interview is definitely has some chemistry and an attraction to DG. The way she was blushing during that interview, tells me she would definitely sleep with DG, next. Is she one of his lawyers? [...] 09-29-2023, 01:45 PM (09-28-2023, 11:50 PM)mugatiya Wrote: [ -> ](09-28-2023, 11:37 PM)pj57 Wrote: [ -> ]I find the discussion about the girl who has been accompanying Danushka highly amusing. We really don't know who she is but some members have already coupled her with Danushka LOL [...] Danushka Gunathilaka's girlfriend: Sri Lankan cricket star thanks woman who wouldn't let go of his hand - after he was found not guilty of 'stealthing' his Tinder date https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-12573557/Danushka-Gunathilakas-girlfriend.html
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2023-10-08): Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who returned to Sri Lanka following a legal battle in Australia over alleged sexual abuse charges, had stated that he plans to sue the Australian authorities to recover his legal fees after a Sydney court had acquitted him of raping a Tinder date. [...] The cricketer had further said that while most people in Sri Lanka had believed him, there were those who had not, but that was their right. Gunathilaka however had refused to comment when asked about the identity of the mystery woman who had accompanied him to court and back to Sri Lanka.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2022-02-09): Danushka Medawatte,1 Neloufer de Mel,2 Sandani N. Yapa Abeywardena,3 Ranitha Gnanaraj4 1. Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo 2. Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo 3. Independent Researcher 4. Independent Researcher [...] Interview, Sept 2019). She credited her safety on that day only to the lawyers and activists who had accompanied her to court (Aaravi, Interview, June 2021) indicating an absolute failure on the part of State to provide her the protection to which she was entitled.
Claim: The Woman Accompanying Dhanushka To Court Is His Lawyer! (Social Media Users, 2023-09-25)
Evidence (2022-11-22): Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of raping a Sydney woman he met on a dating app has been pictured for the first time since leaving custody on bail.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2023-12-26): ‘TIME’ magazine does not identify a title as ‘Killer of the Year’, and they haven’t bestowed such a title on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-01-04): FACT CHECK: Was Benjamin Netanyahu Named Time Magazine’s ‘Killer Of The Year?’ [...] The Facebook image purports Netanyahu has been named Time Magazine’s 2023 "Killer of the Year." The image features Netanyahu on what appears to be a cover of the magazine and labels him as "responsible for war crimes," including the crimes of apartheid and genocide. "Bravo. Finally Time magazine [sic] has it right. They created the annual killer of the year. I just wish they included biden [sic] with him," the post’s caption reads. The Facebook image is not genuine, however. A search of Time Magazine’s website and verified social media accounts does not generate the purported cover naming Netanyahu as its supposed 2023 "Killer of the Year." Likewise, Check Your Fact found no credible news reports supporting the claim. In fact, the top result included in the keyword search we performed is an article from Reuters, which also labeled the claim as false.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-01-22): "Historically, Netanyahu will go down in history as the worst Jewish leader ever," Avraham Burg, a former speaker of the Knesset who long ago left the Labor Party and joined the leftist Hadash Party, told me. The fury at Netanyahu among centrists and many conservatives is scarcely less intense. Galit Distel Atbaryan, a hard-line minister in Netanyahu’s government, resigned after October 7th; she later talked of her "burning anger" toward him. She was hesitant to attack Netanyahu during wartime, but, she told Israeli television, she herself had "sinned" for her own role in dividing Israeli society. When she woke on the morning of the seventh and heard the news of the catastrophic attack, her first thought was "You did this. You weakened the nation." Now, she said, "the days of this government are numbered—that’s obvious." Naftali Bennett, a former Prime Minister, told me that Israel was experiencing a self-defeating level of division. "In the past year," he said, "Israel has been tearing itself apart and its immune system became weak. Our enemy saw that and attacked."
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2010-12-15): Lows: Netanyahu was criticized abroad for supporting a proposed loyalty oath that would compel newly naturalized citizens to pledge allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish" state. Netanyahu also received a lot of flak after Israeli troops intercepted a flotilla of aid ships carrying relief supplies to Gaza on May 31; nine activists aboard the ships died after resisting the Israeli soldiers boarding their vessels. But his biggest domestic challenge came in the beginning of December, when a fire raging in the Carmel forest killed 43 people, forced the evacuation of 17,000, and led to condemnation of the country's emergency forces as well as calls for Netanyahu's resignation. Police eventually identified a 14-year-old boy who tossed coals from his hookah into the woods as the instigator of the deadly blaze.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-08-18): Days after it published an in-depth interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, Time magazine fact-checked "claims that lacked context, were not supported by facts, or were not true" in which the prime minister sought to downplay his responsibility for October 7 and facilitation of funding for Hamas during his years in power. [...] "October 7 showed that those who said that Hamas was deterred were wrong," Netanyahu told Time. "If anything, I didn’t challenge enough the assumption that was common to all the security agencies." [...] Netanyahu also told Time that despite those two ministers’ avowed pro-settler position, "I’ve not sought annexation" in the West Bank. Israel captured the territory during the Six Day War in June 1967; the international community considers settlements there, and annexation of the land, to be illegal.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu[a] (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician, serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office in 1996–1999 and 2009–2021.[3] He is chair of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history, having served a total of over 16 years.[4][5] [...] Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv.[33][34] His mother, Tzila Segal (1912–2000), was born in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, and his father, Warsaw-born Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky; 1910–2012), was a historian specializing in the Jewish Golden age of Spain. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Mileikowsky, was a rabbi and Zionist writer. When Netanyahu's father immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, he hebraized his surname from "Mileikowsky" to "Netanyahu", meaning "God has given." While his family is predominantly Ashkenazi, he has said that a DNA test revealed him to have some Sephardic ancestry. He claims descent from the Vilna Gaon.[35][36]
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-10-06): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced angry protests over his failure or unwillingness to negotiate a hostage deal. He says Hamas must be destroyed — an unspecified goal, especially as its leader, Yahya Sinwar, remains at large — and wants to keep troops in Gaza afterward. The Palestinian militant group, deemed a terror organization by the U.S. and others, demands a total withdrawal. [...] Netanyahu outlined two goals: destroy Hamas and free the hostages. He warned Gazan civilians to "leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere."
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Netanyahu Led Israel Into the Worst Year and the Worst War in Its History. And It's Not Even Over History will not judge Benjamin Netanyahu as a righteous crusader leading the West in a holy war against Islamofascism, as he sees himself. Instead, it will regard him as the inept politician who blindly led Israel to October 7 and all the debacles that followed
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-10-08): The political fortunes of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a man accused domestically of corruption and internationally of war crimes, have turned from pitiful to promising. [...] "I have no doubt that Benjamin Netanyahu will be portrayed in the history books that will be written in the coming decades as Israel’s worst prime minister," Israeli historian Benny Morris wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. [...] Netanyahu, 74, has been in elected politics since 1993. He has a well-earned reputation as a fighter — cautious but relentless. For much of the past year, though, he looked certain to go down in disgrace.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-01-04): FACT CHECK: Was Benjamin Netanyahu Named Time Magazine’s ‘Killer Of The Year?’
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-01-19): Lighthouse Journalism came across a few posts on the social media platform that showed the front page of the TIME magazine. It was claimed along with the cover and the caption that TIME magazine has named the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu as, ‘killer of the year’. Also seen on the cover page was a picture of him standing amidst the human skeletons. [...] We started our investigation by checking the website of TIME magazine. Usually, TIME magazine designates a ‘person of the year’. This year TIME featured Taylor Swift as the ‘person of the year’. [...] Conclusion: TIME did not name Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu as ‘killer of the year’. Viral image claimed to be on the cover page of the TIME magazine is fake.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-01-08): A picture claiming TIME magazine featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on its cover in 2023 with a headline "Killer of the Year" is doing the rounds on social media. The cover features Netanyahu surrounded by skulls, and many users appreciating this bold act by TIME. [...] Bravo. Finally, TIME magazine has it right. They created the annual killer of the year. I just wish they included Biden with him. [...] Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming TIME magazine featured Israeli PM Netanyahu as the ‘Killer of the Year’ in their 2023 edition, is false.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-01-04): image shared on facebook Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been named Time magazine's 2023 Killer of the Year. [...] The Facebook image claims Prime Minister Netanyahu has been named Time Magazine's 2023 "Killer of the Year." The image appears to be the cover of a magazine featuring Netanyahu and labeling him "responsible for war crimes," including crimes such as apartheid and genocide. "Bravo. Lastly, Time magazine. [sic] That's right. They produced the annual killer of the year.I wish they had included Biden. [sic] With him," the post's caption reads. However, Facebook images are not real.Time magazine search Website and verified socializing media account The cover purportedly featuring Prime Minister Netanyahu as 2023's "Killer of the Year" has not been produced.Similarly, we found "Check the facts" There are no reliable reports supports the claim. In fact, the top results for the keyword searches we performed were the following articles: Reutersthis claim was also labeled false.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2023-12-30): A viral WhatsApp image claimed that the famous ‘TIME magazine’ had featured Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, on its cover page as the ‘Killer of the Year 2023’ [...] However, there is no mention of ‘TIME’ magazine choosing a personality as ‘Killer of the Year’ for the past 12 months or any of the previous years, let alone bestowing that infamous title to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. [...] ‘TIME’ magazine does not identify a title as ‘Killer of the Year’, and they haven’t bestowed such a title on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Claim: Benjamin Netanyahu Was Named ‘Killer Of The Year’ By TIME Magazine! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-26)
Evidence (2024-08-08): Netanyahu’s response? Two days after arriving home, without a heads-up to the White House, a bomb almost certainly planted by Israel killed Hamas’ most prominent negotiator in a heavily guarded government guest house in Tehran. With every passing week, critics raise further alarms that Netanyahu is drawing out the Gaza campaign for personal political reasons, arguing that a deal for a permanent cease-fire that would bring home the remaining hostages would also open the door to elections that could result in his removal from office. Biden himself told TIME on May 28 that there was "every reason to draw that conclusion," and in Israel, many do. "Netanyahu is focused on his longevity in power more than the interests of the Israeli people or the State of Israel," says former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who for four years served as his Defense Minister. "It will take half a generation to repair the damage that Netanyahu has caused in the last year." [...] In his office on Kaplan Street, TIME asks Netanyahu whether he intends to remain Prime Minister. "I will stay in office as long as I believe I can help lead Israel to a future of security, enduring security and prosperity," he replies. And would he say an opposition leader who presided over Israel’s worst security failure should stay in power?