‘Terrifying’, ‘creepy’, ‘abusive’: dozens of women who worked for convicted rapist Ralph Carr speak out

Exclusive: They came to him young, dreaming of a career in the music industry. Now former employees have come forward, accusing the Melbourne talent manager of intimidating behaviour and sexual harassment going back decades Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast On 22 October 2018, Mahalia Swinfield hit send on the email she had been drafting in her head for weeks. “The daily bullying, and constant abuse I, and many others, have been subject to is no longer worth it,” she wrote to her boss of three years. “Please see this as notice of my resignation effective immediately.” The boss in question was Ralph Carr, a high-profile Melbourne talent manager who was last month found guilty of raping a former employee in 2023. Through his company Ralph Carr Management, Carr once represented some of the biggest names in Australian pop music, including Kate Ceberano, Vanessa Amorosi and Tina Arena, whom he married while she was signed to him (they divorced and ended their professional relationship in 1999). A suppression order on Carr’s name was lifted on Monday and the Guardian can now reveal that dozens of women who worked for RCM accuse him of verbally abusive