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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 inconsistencies in Brittany Higgins' settlement deed with the Commonwealth, querying whether the alleged rape victim should be recalled to the stand.
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 Parliament House five years ago, Lehrmann's lawyers have told a court.
A judge has ordered Seven Network to pay $35,000 to a man who said he was defamed by the broadcaster, finding that he “spat towards” but not at the alleged rape victim of rugby league footballer Jarryd Hayne.
A nose job patient who allegedly defamed his surgeon has been slugged with $50,000 in security for his appeal, on top of a $50,000 damages bill that a judge said the surgeon is unlikely to see.
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 of Brittany Higgins’ alleged sexual assault were aired on The Project, new court documents reveal.
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 “compulsive liar” as argued by Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson in defending his defamation case.
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 the court his colleague Brittany Higgins falsely accused him of rape to avoid being sacked.
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 of the former Liberal staffer’s evidence that he was working on Question Time briefs at the time he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins.
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 judge overseeing Lehrmann’s defamation case against the broadcaster noted “real credit issues” with both Lehrmann and his accuser Brittany Higgins.
Accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann's denial that he had any sexual contact with his former colleague Brittany Higgins was "quite disgraceful conduct", the judge presiding over his defamation trial has heard.