MILLIONAIRE New Zealand philanthropist Owen Glenn has revealed more details of the decade-old allegation he abused a woman in Hawaii, saying the woman wanted hundreds of thousands of dollars from him.
The founder of New Zealand's Glenn Inquiry into abuse denies the claim he assaulted his then personal assistant in 2003, which surfaced in the media earlier this month.
The American woman, from Seattle, had made the claim after he had dropped her off at a chemist early in the morning, Sir Owen told local channel TV3's Campbell Live.
The woman dropped the charges before it went to court.
"There was no case to answer ... so what they say there if both parties agree there's no charge to answer, it's no contest."
The woman then disappeared, but subsequently tried to claim unfair dismissal.
During mediation Sir Owen agreed to pay about $NZ80,000 to pay for her psychiatric bills rather than spend up to $NZ400,000 in legal fees over two years. The woman had wanted $NZ350,000.
"People do this for a living," Sir Owen said.
He defended never raising the incident when he established his abuse inquiry because essentially nothing had happened.
"I got a parking ticket, do you want me to tell you about that?"
The woman had since contacted Sir Glenn's team "to put things right". She allegedly offered to publicly verify Sir Owen's story in return for payment, Sir Owen said.
The offer was refused.
Despite the media scrutiny, the Glenn Inquiry would continue as normal, Sir Owen said, and even suggested he would conduct a poll to ask the country if it thought it should continue.
"I don't back down. I haven't done anything wrong."
Seven members of Glenn Inquiry resigned last week, with some claiming Sir Owen should have been open about the Hawaiian allegation. It followed a number of key staff resigning.
Sir Owen part-owns the Warriors rugby league team and is estimated to be worth about $NZ900 million ($A777.20 million).
AAP dwi/r
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