Bruce Lehrmann will appeal the Federal Court finding that he raped Brittany Higgins. News.com.au has confirmed Mr Lehrmann has lodged an appeal today with the Federal Court. The documents have not yet been served on Channel 10 and Lisa Wilkinson. Ms Higgins, who has moved to France, is currently inContinue Reading
Even if Bruce Lehrmann had won his defamation battle with Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson, he would have only been awarded $20,000. In a scathing judgment delivered in the Federal Court on Monday, Justice Michael Lee found, to the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, that Lehrmann had rapedContinue Reading
When Brittany Higgins, her partner David Sharaz, Lisa Wilkinson and producer Angus Llewellyn met in a Sydney hotel room, their conversation turned to the possibility of Bruce Lehrmann one day launching defamation proceedings. It was January 27, 2021 and the four were holding a pre-production meeting to discuss Ms Higgins’Continue Reading
The mother of pop star Vanessa Amorosi has broken down crying as she told a court her daughter cut her from her life and she’s “never met my grandson”. Joyleen Robinson took the stand in Victoria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday to give evidence at a civil trial between her andContinue Reading
An independent franchise at a popular Australian gym has collapsed into liquidation just a month after the master franchisor appointed administrators. In June, news.com.au exclusively reported that mixed martial arts gym chain UFC Gym Australia had gone into administration after becoming embroiled in a messy $5 million court case withContinue Reading
The lawyers for one of the mining entities embroiled in a legal stoush with Australia’s richest woman has presented “significant evidence” before Western Australia’s Supreme Court. Tuesday was the second day of months of hearings to be held as Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and executive chairman Gina Rinehart fend offContinue Reading
A third woman claims Barry Cable molested her as a child, as a trial against the Australian rules legend continues. The woman, whose identity has been suppressed, appeared via video link in Western Australia’s District Court on Monday morning as the fourth day of the civil trial against Mr CableContinue Reading
A woman suing AFL legend Barry Cable alleges a teenage friend of hers was also inappropriately touched by the footballer. Mr Cable denies allegations he sexually abused the woman as a teenager and sexually harassed her as an adult. Under questioning for a second day by her lawyer Tim HammondContinue Reading
A woman, who has accused an Australian rules football legend of long-term sexual abuse claims the alleged abuse has caused her an horrific emotional toll The woman, whose identity is suppressed, took to the stand on Wednesday afternoon on the first day of the civil trial against Barry Cable inContinue Reading