Court hears Le Neve Groves is 'dishonest' and gave inconsistent evidence Le Neve Groves was still smiling outside the Supreme Court in Brisbane yesterday. FORMER ABC childcare multi-millionaire Le Neve Groves was a dishonest witness who gave evidence that was "consistently inconsistent" with information on financial documents, a court heard yesterday. The attack came from a lawyer for the bank Citi, in summing up the bank's defence in a $33 million legal battle in Queensland's Supreme Court. Lawyer Jeremy Kirk also described as "exaggerated" Dr Groves' courtroom depictions of her former husband Eddy as a knife-wielding abuser who hit her with nunchukas. "Who knows if there was some basis (for abuse allegations)," he said. But nunchukas, never mentioned before, holding a knife to her throat and threatening her life, never mentioned before, despite the (previous) family court proceedings, where this was squarely an issue, despite the (previous Australian Taxation Office) proceedings, where this was squarely an issue. Dr Groves and Mr Groves were co-founders of Brisbane-based childcare chain ABC Learning Centres. Almost $33 million worth of her ABC shares were sold in early 2008 due to guarantees for margin loans from Citi and BT. The loans were taken out by Mr Groves. Dr Groves now claims she never gave the guarantees and has sued the lenders. On the stand, she has denied lying. But Mr Kirk claimed that Dr Groves "was not an honest witness." "Her evidence was carefully studied and practised," he said. There was a failure to make obvious concessions throughout the cross-examination. Mr Kirk said Dr Groves had denied having heard of margin lender Leveraged Equities, but a loan from it was identified as a deduction in three tax returns she had signed. This evidence went to her knowledge of margin loans, he said. He highlighted a recorded telephone call from February 2008 in which Dr Groves had asked how many of her shares were at risk, and discussed prices of ABC stock. "That critical objective evidence puts the lie to (Dr Groves's) case," he said. Justice Glenn Martin quizzed Mr Kirk about why Citi had not called as a witness Mr Groves - who unsuccessfully tried to appear in court, saying he disputed allegations of abuse, forgery and taking money. Mr Kirk said nothing could be inferred by Citi not subpoenaing Mr Groves, and pointed out the bank had sued him. "The bottom line ... is he is not in our camp," Mr Kirk said.