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
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’s failed defamation suit against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson can be summarised in 16 damning words. In a historic decision on Monday, Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that Ten and Wilkinson had proved Mr Lehrmann did rape his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019. ConcludingContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins has raised the question of whether she may have been drugged on the night she alleges she was raped, in a submission to Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case. Justice Michael Lee will hand down his judgment in the matter on Monday, April 15 after he has considered the additional material raised inContinue Reading
D-Day has finally arrived for Bruce Lehrmann – again. Justice Michael Lee will on April 15 hand down his highly-awaited judgment in the fiercely-fought, high stakes defamation battle. Mr Lehrmann sued Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over her interview on The Project with Brittany Higgins, during which the formerContinue Reading
The Spotlight program falsely believed that Brittany Higgins had texted an ex-boyfriend a photograph of a couch in Linda Reynolds’ office, accompanied by some flirtatious banter, just weeks before her alleged rape. They hoped it was going to deliver a big scoop, according to new texts uploaded by the FederalContinue Reading
The ACT Integrity Commission is assessing corruption allegations regarding Walter Sofronoff, over claims he disclosed information to the media during the inquiry he oversaw into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial. Mr Sofronoff was last year tasked with examining whether the investigation and trial against Mr Lehrmann, over BrittanyContinue Reading
The ACT Integrity Commission has today confirmed it has received and is assessing corruption allegations regarding the conduct of the Hon Walter Sofronoff KC relating to his probe of Bruce Lehrmann’s trial. In a statement, the integrity body revealed today the investigation “relates to disclosures made by the Hon WalterContinue Reading
The ACT Integrity Commission is assessing corruption allegations regarding Walter Sofronoff, over claims he disclosed information to the media during the inquiry he oversaw into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial. Mr Sofronoff was last year tasked with examining whether the investigation and trial against Mr Lehrmann, over BrittanyContinue Reading