The Seven West board, led by Kerry Stokes, has probed shock claims of cocaine and sex workers plaguing investigative program Spotlight, with questions raised over the extent of knowledge in the finance department and among Seven executives. News.com.au understands that news and current affairs boss Craig McPherson told the executivesContinue Reading
Australia is reeling following the deaths of five women and a security guard at Westfield Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon — and one podcast host has pointed out a huge misconception about what happened. Pikria Darchia, Yixuan Cheng, Jade Young, Dawn Singleton and Ashlee Good – and security guardContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins has posted on social media for the first time since a Federal Court judge found her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann raped her. Justice Michael Lee ruled that to the civil standard — that is the balance of probabilities — Mr Lehrmann had lied and had sex with MsContinue Reading
Peter Dutton had a big takeout after the judge in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial found that Mr Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins on a couch in a cabinet minister’s office. There were no words of support for the young woman who once worked for the Liberal Party, in response to suchContinue Reading
Justice Lee reasoned with conclusive authority that Brittany Higgins has told the substantive truth about what happened inside Parliament House in 2019. Mr Lehrmann raped her. While not a win – a young woman was still raped – this is vindication for Ms Higgins. Justice Lee also addressed a numberContinue Reading
Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach has dropped a new bomb on Channel 7 sending a concerns notice regarding comments purportedly made by a number of the network’s executives. The concerns notice names Seven chief executive James Warburton, Kerry Stokes’ longstanding right-hand man Bruce McWilliam and producer and blogger Robert McKnight, andContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins’ former boss, Senator Linda Reynolds, has spoken out in the wake of the Federal Court’s defamation judgment against Bruce Lehrmann, saying it has finally “set the record straight” on allegations her office engaged in a cover-up. In his judgment this week, Justice Michael Lee found that, on theContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann reportedly fled to a police station after the adverse judgment in his defamation action against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, and was taken to another location to protect his safety. The Australian reports Mr Lehrmann “sought refuge in a regional police station” and was subsequently transported by officersContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann could be declared bankrupt if Channel Ten and Lisa Wilkinson pursue him for legal costs and he can’t pay up. A fresh round of legal action could also unearth if any secret backers have ever paid his legal bills. Legal sources have told news.com.au that the combined costsContinue 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