Justice Michael Lee has found that the “inescapable conclusion” was that law student Bruce Lehrmann leaked confidential court documents obtained during his criminal trial, including Brittany Higgins’ private text messages, to Seven’s Spotlight program. The leaking of the private contents of Ms Higgins’ phone, which she has previously described asContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann intended to line up interviews with international conservative commentators Piers Morgan and Tucker Carlson, according to former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach in a series of texts messages released by the Federal Court. After a bruising five-week trial, a false start and another two days of evidence, Justice MichaelContinue Reading
Channel 7’s Spotlight floated a bizarre plan for Bruce Lehrmann to hang out in Sydney’s Cremorne in the hope of ambushing Lisa Wilkinson for the TV cameras, sources close to Mr Lehrmann claim. Friends of Mr Lehrmann, who asked not to be named, have told news.com.au that the former LiberalContinue Reading
Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach claims in a signed affidavit that the reflection of a Seven exec can be seen in pictures of Brittany Higgins’ private text messages. The untested claims are contained in an affidavit uploaded to the Federal Court website on Wednesday morning. The affidavit also claims that BruceContinue Reading
A former Seven producer has claimed in a bombshell affidavit that the network covered Bruce Lehrmann’s costs for sex workers, illegal drugs, a round of golf and tomahawk steaks as part of an attempt to woo him for an exclusive interview. Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach was a producer who wasContinue Reading
Lisa Wilkinson’s husband Peter FitzSimons has asked a court to order Bruce Lehrmann to pay the author’s legal costs associated with replying to a subpoena in the former political staffer’s blockbuster defamation trial. Federal Court Justice Michael Lee will early next month hand down his landmark decision after Mr LehrmannContinue Reading
Crucial CCTV depicting Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins at Parliament House on the night of her alleged rape has been handed over to a court after a lawyer in the defamation proceedings demanded to know why it wasn’t produced earlier. Mr Lehrmann launched defamation action in March against Network 10Continue Reading
A top silk acting in defamation proceedings involving Bruce Lehrmann has demanded to know why crucial CCTV depicting Mr Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins at Parliament House on the night of her alleged rape has not been disclosed in a subpoena. Numerous parties – including author Peter FitzSimons, publisher Penguin RandomContinue Reading
Two Liberal MPs have broken ranks to demand a police investigation into the leaking of Brittany Higgins’ private text messages to the media. Network Ten has lodged a police complaint over the leak after a tape of Lisa Wilkinson and Brittany Higgins ended up on a rival channel. It includesContinue Reading
Channel Ten has called in the police over the leaking of a bombshell six-hour recording of Lisa Wilkinson, Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz offering their ‘unplugged’ views on political figures. Thomson Geer law firm partner Marlia Saunders, who is acting for Network Ten in the defamation proceedings, hasContinue Reading