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Senator Jordon Steele-John’s Relationship Dispute Escalates to Court Orders
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Core Event
Senator Jordon Steele-John and an unnamed Perth woman have been locked in a public dispute over the nature of their relationship, alleged harassment, and a sexual-assault claim. Steele-John says the partnership, which began in May 2025 and ended in late September 2025, was never exclusive and that he was in a polyamorous arrangement. The woman maintains the relationship was monogamous, citing health concerns related to her immunosuppressant medication. The dispute led to an interim family-violence restraining order in November 2025, a later conduct-agreement order in September 2026, and a police investigation that found no charges.
Timeline of Key Developments
- May 2025 – Relationship begins.
- Late September 2025 – Relationship ends; Steele-John posts on Instagram that the partnership was non-exclusive.
- October 2 2025 – Steele-John’s voice memo admits he was seeing someone else.
- November 2025 – Interim restraining order granted ex parte to the senator.
- September 6 2025 – Woman alleges condom was removed without consent; later reports the incident to police.
- October 18 2025 – Steele-John publicly denies an exclusive relationship and cites a “torrent of messages.”
- October 25 2025 – Steele-John posts, then deletes, the full Greens letter on Instagram after backlash.
- September 2026 – Parties settle out of court and consent to a conduct-agreement order mirroring the interim order.
- October 27 2026 – Woman speaks out in a Watoday interview, rejecting Steele-John’s claims.
Official Statements & Responses
Steele-John’s Instagram open letter says he blocked the woman after repeated pleas to stop contacting him and characterises subsequent messages as threats to his reputation. He also denies a police-filed sexual-assault allegation, calling it “not true.” The woman counters that she never consented to public disclosure of intimate details, that monogamy was a non-negotiable condition, and that she was “neurodivergent… autistic and ADHD.” She asserts the condom incident on September 6 2025 was a breach of consent, though the police investigation resulted in no charges. A letter signed by seven current and former Greens staffers, handed to new Greens leader David Shoebridge, alleges Steele-John acted inappropriately toward women, including the Perth woman.
Verbatim Quotes
- “After she repeatedly ignored my pleas to stop, I blocked her,” — Jordon Steele-John, senator
- “Yeah, there was someone else. It was not the driver of the decision [breaking up with her] I made but I was seeing someone else,” — Jordon Steele-John, senator
- “The report to the police was of sexual assault – that I had, on multiple occasions, removed condoms without her knowledge while she was on top, facing me. This is just not true,” — Jordon Steele-John, senator