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
Mark Llewellyn, the executive producer of the Spotlight program, is leaving Seven following weeks of damaging claims about how the current affairs show secured the controversial Bruce Lehrmann interview, according to reports. There has been a question mark over Llewellyn’s tenure at Seven following claims from former producer Taylor Auerbach,Continue Reading
A Sydney man who allegedly sent more than 17 million fraudulent text messages in just one week is facing a “highly complex” court case. Xuan Su, 39, was arrested on December 12 at a Moorebank home, in Sydney’s southwest, after cybercrime detectives seized SIM cards and electronics in their investigationContinue Reading
The laptop allegedly used to leak the Spotlight program text messages sent by Lisa Wilkinson’s husband to Brittany Higgins had a bookmark to the University of Notre Dame, where Bruce Lehrmann was studying law. Mr Lehrmann has always vehemently denied he was involved in leaking documents to Spotlight. The networkContinue 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
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
Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach claims in text messages sent to his boss during Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal rape trial that the former Liberal staffer’s public relations guru John Macgowan wanted to strike a $200,000 TV deal with Channel 7 while the jury was still out. Documents published by the Federal CourtContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann has emerged for the first time since allegations were aired in the Federal Court that he partied with sex workers with a Spotlight producer as the Seven Network sought to seal the deal on an exclusive interview. The former Liberal staffer has moved out of his Balgowlah homeContinue 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
Taylor Auerbach’s texts to his boss that Bruce Lehrmann was “on the warpath” and claiming that the Thai masseuse night was “no anomaly” have been published by the Federal Court. Former Seven producer Auerbach has previously told the Federal Court that after calling two Thai masseuses to his Elizabeth BayContinue Reading