Louis Lehot, the former DLA Piper partner who was dismissed from the firm earlier this month after being accused of sexual assault by partner Vanina Guerrero, has accused Guerrero of “exploiting the #MeToo movement to cover up her own issues”.

Yesterday (October 21), Lehot made his first public statement since the accusations against him surfaced. He denied Guerrero’s claims and provided more than 40 pages of purported emails between the two lawyers showing friendly exchanges during the period of time in which Guerrero has alleged she was assaulted repeatedly.