Run this SSCCE:

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import javafx.application.Application;
import static javafx.application.Application.launch;
import javafx.beans.InvalidationListener;
import javafx.beans.Observable;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.control.SelectionMode;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class ListViewTest extends Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    ObservableList<String> list = FXCollections.observableArrayList("Kevin Rushforth", "Jonathan Giles");

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {

        ListView listView1 = new ListView(list);
        listView1.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(SelectionMode.MULTIPLE);

        for (String string : list) {
            listView1.getSelectionModel().select(string);
        }
        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(listView1));
        primaryStage.setWidth(800);
        primaryStage.setHeight(600);
        primaryStage.show();

        listView1.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems().addListener(new InvalidationListener() {
            @Override
            public void invalidated(Observable observable) {
                System.out.println(listView1.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems());
                System.out.println(listView1.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex());
                System.out.println(listView1.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem());
                System.out.println(listView1.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndices());
            }
        });
    }
}

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Simply click on the second item "Jonathan Giles", then you see in the console:
"[null]
1
Jonathan Giles
[1]"

As you can see, the selection model has a null element in the getSelectedItems() list.

Tested with 8u112 Build b01