Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne will not face a fourth trial after he successfully appealed his convictions over the alleged rape of a woman in 2018. The 36-year-old former Parramatta Eel was released from prison earlier this month after a court overturned his rape convictions for a second time. MrContinue Reading
A judge should have found Bruce Lehrmann knew Brittany Higgins was not consenting to sexual intercourse, Lisa Wilkinson’s lawyers have told the federal court ahead of his appeal. In fresh documents filed ahead of Mr Lehrmann’s defamation case appeal, Sue Chrysanthou SC and Barry Dean said having found Ms HigginsContinue Reading
The successful second appeal of sexual assault allegations against former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is the latest update in a near six-year legal saga. Wednesday marked the 36-year-old’s third time standing trial over his alleged rape of a woman in her Newcastle home dating back to 2018. Handing down theContinue Reading
A Salvos youth support worker has been jailed for a minimum six months after having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was staying at the homeless shelter where he worked. Friday Fredrick Jeremiah, 35, was sentenced in the NSW District Court on Wednesday morning after pleading guilty to having sexualContinue Reading
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
Bruce Lehrmann is considering an appeal against Justice Michael Lee’s landmark judgment that he raped Brittany Higgins. News.com.au can reveal that Mr Lehrmann has hired noted appeals specialist Guy Reynolds SC, and the appeal plan is likely to be flagged at this week’s costs hearing, on May 1. The barrister’sContinue 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
Disgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne will fight to clear his name in a matter of weeks after he was convicted of raping a woman in her home on grand final night more than five years ago. The two-time Dally M winner was found guilty of sexually assaulting the womanContinue Reading
Wallabies star Kurtley Beale has been found not guilty of allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in the bathroom of a Bondi bar after a gruelling two-week trial. Mr Beale, 35, faced a jury trial at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court after pleading not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent andContinue Reading
A jury will deliberate whether to find Wallabies star Kurtley Beale guilty or innocent of an sexual assault in a Sydney bar bathroom following a weeks-long trial. Mr Beale, 35, faced a jury trial at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court after pleading not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent and twoContinue Reading