Scott Johnson

Scott Phillip White was sentenced to 9 years in prison for killing Scott Johnson, a gay American, by punching him off a clifftop in Sydney in 1988.

Australian man sentenced for gay American’s manslaughter

Scott White, then 18 years old, punched Scott Johnson in the heat of an argument causing Johnson to stagger backward and fall to his death. More

June 8, 2023

Scott Johnson's family had fought for years to overturn an initial finding that the 27-year-old mathematician had taken his own life in 1988. More

February 23, 2023

Scott Johnson’s death was initially called a suicide, but his family pressed for further investigation. More

November 18, 2022

“I pushed a bloke. He went over the edge,” Scott White said in recorded police interview in 2020 that was played in court. More

May 2, 2022