Magistrate differs with Gillard on Blewitt Julia Gillard last year on former client Ralph Blewitt, who claimed the "slush fund" she helped create for him and her boyfriend Bruce Wilson was used for a fraud: Mr Blewitt, according to people who know him, has been described as a complete imbecile, an idiot, a stooge, a sexist pig, a liar and his sister has said he's a crook and rotten to the core. His word against mine. Make your mind up. Victoria's chief magistrate, Peter Lauritsen on Blewitt: One does not reject a person's sworn evidence unless there is a powerful reason to do so.. In the circumstance of delay between the events and the statement, Blewitt gave adequate detail. More from Lauritsen on Blewitt's credit here. Which helped lead to this finding: VICTORIA'S most senior magistrate has found reasonable grounds to conclude that Julia Gillard's former boyfriend was involved in a fraud, negating his right to claim privilege over documents held at her old law firm... It is alleged Mr Wilson used the fund to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from construction giant Thiess and buy a house in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. After receiving evidence, including from lead investigator Ross Mitchell and Mr Wilson's former bagman Ralph Blewitt, Mr Lauritsen said he was satisfied each document that met the requirements for privilege was "prepared in furtherance of the commission of a fraud or an offence..." Mr Wilson was in a long-term relationship with Ms Gillard when she provided legal advice to help establish the association while working at Slater & Gordon, later describing it to her employer as a "slush fund." Gillard says she did nothing wrong and did not know what her boyfriend did with the slush fund.