The mother of was a character witness for Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case.
Deborah Rolfe AM, mother of former constable Zachary Rolfe, was one of four people who gave statements vouching for Mr Roberts-Smith's good character in his treatment of women.
In the 736-page judgment dismissing Mr Roberts-Smith's case against three media outlets, Justice Anthony Besanko says Ms Rolfe met Mr Roberts-Smith in 2011 and became a close friend of his then wife Emma.
Ms Rolfe, a partner in a Canberra law firm, described the domestic violence allegation against Mr Roberts-Smith as "outrageous and that he is not the kind of person to hit a woman.
"He has never lost control of his emotions and always treated women with absolute respect," she said in her statement.
Justice Besanko did not accept the evidence of Mr Roberts-Smith's mistress that he punched her head in a Canberra hotel in 2018 to be reliable enough to find the assault occurred.
The judge also took into account the evidence of the character witnesses to find reports of the domestic violence allegations defamatory but not enough to harm Mr Roberts-Smith's reputation further after finding numerous war crimes allegations against him substantially true.
NT Police . A jury last year found him not guilty of murdering 19-year-old Mr Walker who he shot three times in the remote community of Yuendumu in November 2019.
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