Bruce Lehrmann’s defence barrister Steve Whybrow has revealed he was “p*ssed off” after he was accused of getting cross examination tips during the trial from former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds. In his first day in the witness box at a board of inquiry, the barrister accused the Director of PublicContinue Reading
The Australian Federal Police have been ordered to hand over recordings or a transcript of a phone call between Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer and police, an inquiry into the prosecution of the former Liberal staffer has heard. On Thursday, the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice SystemContinue Reading
News Life Media will seek to prove Bruce Lehrmann lied to police about why he was at Parliament House on the night he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, and showed a “consciousness of guilt”. In the defence document filed in the defamation case brought by Mr Lehrmann, who strenuously denies theContinue Reading
Network Ten has revealed the email its staff sent Bruce Lehrmann ahead of airing a bombshell interview with former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins where she alleged she had been raped in Parliament House. The email, referred to as part of Ten‘s defence to defamation proceedings launched by Mr LehrmannContinue Reading
A former politician and Liberal Party veteran Robyn Nolan has offered an “unreserved apology” to Brittany Higgins after she made shocking comments about the former staffer at an ACT Liberal Party women’s event in Canberra. Ms Nolan, who is also the current President of the Federal Women’s Committee in theContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins’ fiance David Sharaz has suddenly quit his job with Southern Cross Austereo, just days after legal action was taken against him. Two weeks ago, Liberal senator and former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds launched defamation action against Mr Sharaz. Ms Higgins, now 28, was working in Ms Reynolds’ CanberraContinue Reading
A passer-by saved a Melbourne teenager from being allegedly raped in a park when he heard her screams from the road opposite. Father-of-six Nick Kennon was walking through Eastone Reserve in Pakenham on Melbourne’s eastern fringe at around 7pm last Friday when he noticed something wasn’t right. “I could hearContinue Reading
Four male suspects have been arrested in the rape of a Louisiana State University sorority member after she was later dumped on the side of the road and fatally struck by a car following a night of drinking, police said. Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, Everett Lee, 28, and Casen Carver,Continue Reading
The ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum has released her reasons for allowing contested claims Bruce Lehrmann once tried to “kiss” Brittany Higgins at a Canberra pub to be aired during the trial despite the accused never being given a chance to respond to it in his police interview. Bruce Lehrmann’sContinue Reading
Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has confirmed that she was advised on Friday that her former staffer Brittany Higgins intends to file a compensation claim. “I confirm that I was advised in March this year by Blumers, who act for Brittany Higgins, of a civil claim by Ms Higgins againstContinue Reading