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Three defamation cases against Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto to be heard together
Defamation 2024-03-28 9:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto will face three defamation cases at the same time — one by former Liberal MP Moira Deeming and two […]

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Lisa Wilkinson’s husband seeks costs in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-26 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Author Peter FitzSimons is seeking costs from Bruce Lehrmann for complying with a subpoena in the former Liberal staffer’s defamation case against Network Ten and […]

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Credibility of Lehrmann, Higgins central to judge’s looming ruling in defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-20 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

No one else was in the room where it allegedly happened. By Brittany Higgins’ account her former colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, raped her on the couch […]

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Brittany Higgins’ statements in $2.4M settlement deed in spotlight in Lehrmann case
Defamation 2024-03-15 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge preparing to deliver his decision in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Ten has sought clarity from the TV network on submissions addressing alleged […]

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Brittany Higgins’ rape claim doesn’t get more persuasive if court rejects Lehrmann’s story, his lawyers say
Defamation 2024-03-01 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The court might find Bruce Lehrmann’s story implausible, but that doesn’t mean Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape is the only possible alternative to what happened in […]

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Ex-PM’s press secretary lashed out at Ten news boss seconds after Higgins interview, email says
Defamation 2024-01-12 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A Network Ten executive received an angry phone call from former prime minister Scott Morrison’s chief media advisor after claims about the Liberal Party’s handling […]

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Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team admits he gave ‘unsatisfactory’ evidence
Defamation 2024-01-08 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lawyers for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann have conceded his evidence on several issues was “lacking credibility”, but say the court should not find him a […]

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Higgins told ‘bald faced lies’ to save her job, court told as Lehrmann trial wraps
Defamation 2023-12-22 10:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

On the final day of trial in Bruce Lehmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, barrister for the former Liberal staffer told […]

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Judge doubts Lehrmann’s ‘implausible’ evidence he was working at time of alleged rape
Defamation 2023-12-22 4:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing the final day of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and presenter Lisa Wilkinson has expressed his doubt at the plausibility […]

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‘Fundamentally dishonest’: Ten says Lehrmann’s evidence should be treated with ‘extreme suspicion’
Defamation 2023-12-21 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Network Ten has argued that accused rapist Bruce Lerhmann’s evidence should be treated with “extreme suspicion” and rejected where it is not corroborated, as the […]

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