Sam Groth’s wife Brittany publicly defends couple’s relationship as they threaten legal action against minister

Victorian Liberal deputy leader’s wife says timeline suggested in Herald Sun report relating to when she first began relationship with husband is ‘baseless and false’ as pair also threaten defamation action against News Corp

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Brittany Groth, the wife of the Victorian Liberals deputy leader, Sam Groth, has defended the timing of her relationship with her former tennis star husband as the pair threaten legal action against News Corp and a Labor minister.

On Wednesday, the couple’s legal firm sent a defamations concerns notice to the Herald Sun, alleging two articles and social media posts by the publication were both a serious invasion of Brittany’s privacy and harmful to Sam’s reputation.