Brittany Higgins denies trying to ‘blow up’ retrial, reveals $2.3M payout from government

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Defamation 2023-12-05 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

Brittany Higgins has denied she tried to derail a criminal retrial of former colleague and alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann in favour of a civil case with a lower standard of proof, as she revealed in court the federal government paid $2.3 million to settle her claims.