Network Ten has argued that accused rapist Bruce Lerhmannâs evidence should be treated with âextreme suspicionâ and rejected where it is not corroborated, as the judge overseeing Lehrmannâs defamation case against the broadcaster noted âreal credit issuesâ with both Lehrmann and his accuser Brittany Higgins.Â
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.
The judge overseeing Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation trial against Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson has rejected a bid by the former chief of staff to then defence minister Linda Reynolds to avoid giving evidence on the basis of âharm it may cause to her health conditionsâ.Â
A Queensland MP known to Brittany Higgins has told a court that the former Liberal staffer told him that a colleague had raped her, just days after she was allegedly assaulted by Bruce Lehrmann.
The Project producer Angus Llewellyn has testified that Bruce Lehrmann was given a reasonable chance to respond to rape allegations made by Brittany Higgins, and dismissed as âridiculousâ the suggestion that he indicated to Higgins and her partner David Sharaz that he was going to âdo a numberâ on Lehrmann.Â
The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Network Ten intervened on Wednesday during cross-examination of The Project producer Angus Llewellyn, apparently dissatisfied with Llewellyn’s response when asked whether he believed Brittany Higginsâ partner David Sharaz had a âpolitical agenda”.
A court has heard a secretly recorded conversation between Brittany Higgins and her former boss, Senator Michaelia Cash, which presenter Lisa Wilkinson says is consistent with Higginsâ account that she told Cash in October 2019 about her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, a claim that Cash has denied.
The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Network Ten has granted Lehrmannâs bid to subpoena Sky News Australia for an audio recording said to capture a conversation between Brittany Higginsâ fiancĂ© and her solicitor.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins told a colleague she “could not have consented” to a sexual encounter with Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House, a court has heard.
Seven West Media chair Kerry Stokes has agreed to pay the costs of Ben Roberts-Smithâs failed defamation case, sparing the billionaire from producing thousands of emails exchanged with Roberts-Smithâs solicitors about the case. The Stokes-owned Australian Capital Equity has acquiesced to a third-party costs order sought by Nine-owned Fairfax, according to a Federal Court order…