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In this exclusive North American interview, Wallis covers the following:

* The nature of false accusations, borderline personality diagnoses, and whether “mutual abuse” exists

* How live-tweeting the UK trial “fed a rapacious audience” that went tribal during the pandemic, and how his tweets got more than 10 million views

* Why “believe women” clashes with a journalist’s mandate to question everything

* Can you ever accurately litigate something that happened behind closed doors?

* How one bad marriage wound up in two different legal judgments

* Is the court of public opinion more important than real courts?

* Curious encounters with American food, including Blondies (“what are they?”) and half-and-half (a big thumbs-down)

* Jimmy Saville, Britain’s #MeToo poster boy

* The best Australian comedy series right now

* Period drama, by which we mean menstruation

* The greatness of Eurovision

* How many inches is Sarah’s integrity? The answer may surprise you!

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