Man accused of abusing Stan Grant online has three charges dropped, offers to apologise
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Former ABC journalist Stan Grant accused of threatening on social media, the man dropped three of his charges and his lawyer said he wanted to meet with Mr. Grant to offer an apology. Lock Points Michael Davis allegedly used Facebook and Twitter to threaten serious damage to Stan Grant Michael Davis claimed that he used Facebook and Twitter threaten Stan Grant to threaten serious harm, Mr. Grant left ABC find a job at Monash University Earlier this year Mr. Grant left ABC to start a job at the University of Monash, earlier this year, the case will return to court on 31 October Michael Steven Davis faced a transportation service to threaten serious damage and charges of using three transportation services to harass or disturb. The 41 -year -old allegedly used Facebook and Twitter profiles to threaten the "serious damage by attacking the victim" in May this year. The Wiradjuri man and panel show Q+A, Mr. Grant, said he would resign from his role as the host, saying that it was target of racist interpretation and online abuse. "I want to find a place of grace away from the smell of the media. On Tuesday, the prosecutor's lawyers told Clare Farnan, the judge peace, on charges of threatening serious damages, they agreed to quit three charges harassment. The remaining accusation lasts seven years. The defendant wants to apologize for Grant Mr. Davis's lawyer Peter Mitchell said his client was trying change the violence order caught to meet with Mr. Grant apologize. However, AVO was preserved because there was no police representative today. Mr. Mitchell also said that Mr. Davis would apply to the court to take into account mental or cognitive disorder. In August, Mr. Grant announced that he left ABC for a new opportunity with Monash University. He will be Asian-Pacific Director of the Danish-based Construction Institute, which operates with university. As the opening director, his new role was "an incredibly exciting opportunity". Earlier this year, Mr. Grant said he was not new be exposed to hate by admitting ABC that he had complained about "relentless racial filth" Twitter. "My family and I have been regularly cynical or abused on a column for ABC. My wife is targeted with abuse because she is married to a Wiradjuri man."