The Herald Sun has apologised to Victorian Liberal MP Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, for a series of articles earlier this year that suggested their relationship had begun when Brittany was underage.

Groth was suing publisher the Herald and Weekly Times, reporter Stephen Drill and Herald Sun editor Sam Weir for defamation, while his wife had launched the first test of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy.

Published under the headline “ Apology to Sam and Brittany Groth ”, featuring prominently on the main page of the Herald Sun website on Tuesday and on page two of the print edition, the apology to the couple said: “In July and August 2025, the Herald Sun published a series of articles about Sam Groth and Brittany Groth.

“The Herald Sun did not intend to suggest an

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