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Liam Murphy, who arranged sadomasochistic encounters under the name "The Wolf", is suing the NSW government for how police handled allegations of rape against him. Police faced accusations of deliberately concealing evidence that exonerated Murphy, such as text messages from the women thanking him. A magistrate ultimately dismissed the case against Murphy due to issues with the evidence and contradictions in the women's accounts. Murphy alleges the allegations were orchestrated to gain publicity for a documentary the women were making about their relationship with an S&M master. He is suing over the stress and damage to his career caused by the police investigation.

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Liam Murphy, who arranged sadomasochistic encounters under the name "The Wolf", is suing the NSW government for how police handled allegations of rape against him. Police faced accusations of deliberately concealing evidence that exonerated Murphy, such as text messages from the women thanking him. A magistrate ultimately dismissed the case against Murphy due to issues with the evidence and contradictions in the women's accounts. Murphy alleges the allegations were orchestrated to gain publicity for a documentary the women were making about their relationship with an S&M master. He is suing over the stress and damage to his career caused by the police investigation.

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THE AUSTRALIAN

‘Wolf’ sues over police handling of failed


S&M rape case
By RICHARD GUILLIATT, THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE
9:38AM DECEMBER 7, 2019

A Sydney man prosecuted for rape over his participation in a sadomasochistic sex group is
suing the NSW government, alleging police deliberately suppressed evidence of his innocence
in a case that later collapsed.

Liam Murphy, a marketing manager who arranged S&M encounters with women under the
name “The Wolf” through an online community, faced court last year on charges of sexually ​-
assaulting two women, but a magistrate dismissed the case after evidence emerged of them
thanking him for the experience.

In his statement of claim, Mr Murphy said the women’s alle​gations were contradicted by their
text messages and social media posts, and by videos and multiple witnesses, which police
knew about but “wilfully concealed” from prosecutors or the court.

He said he offered to show police exculpatory messages from the women on his phone and
laptop, but they rejected the offer and claimed they could not retrieve the messages from one
woman’s phone, later admitting they had not asked for her password.

Mr Murphy was arrested in Oct​ober 2016 while driving his daughter to day​care, and faced
committal proceedings in March last year on charges of rape, sexual assault and assault.

The women acknowledged they had arranged to meet him in Sydney hotels for
sadomasochistic encounters but alleged he overstepped their agreement, caus​ing them mental
and physical injuries.

Magistrate Christopher Halburd dismissed the case in June 2018, citing a raft of issues ​in​-
cluding that one woman sent Mr Murphy messages after the ​encounter, saying “Thanks for
having me” and “I like the way you bring out a different aspect of me”.

She later met him for two more sexual encounters.

The other woman had instructed him to “really scare me” before meeting him and sent him a
message afterwards saying it was great to see him.

In court, she accused him of failing to heed a “safe word” to stop hitting her, but this was
contradicted by a text message that acknowledged they did not use safe words because “I’ve ​-
always trusted you”.

The magistrate noted that ​because violence was intrinsic to the S&M scene, conventional ​-
notions of consent did not necessarily apply.

He cited video evidence of Mr Murphy’s previous encounters with one of the alleged ​victims,
which were consensual despite her crying and saying “no more please”.

In the encounter about which she complained, she had either faked or achieved an ​orgasm.

In his statement of claim, filed with the NSW Supreme Court last week, Mr Murphy alleges
that the ​allegations were orchestrated to gain publicity and notoriety for a film documentary
the two women were making about their relationship with an S&M “lord and ​master” hostile
to ​Mr Murphy.

He says the stress derailed his career and caused him to become suicidal and depressed.

Contacted by The Australian, he said police had reduced his life to “rubble” and ignored his ​-
complaints about the invest​igation, leaving him no choice but to sue.

“The officers … knew the allegations against me were false but chose to bring the charges
anyway, and then they proceeded to hide evidence, ignore evidence and intimidate defence
witnesses,” he said.

A spokesperson for NSW police was unable to comment.

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