Lehrmann finding debunks cover-up claim, Senator says Senator Linda Reynolds claims the Lehrmann defamation judgement has "finally set the record straight" over claims she attempted to cover up a rape allegation. AAP · Apr 17, 2024
How are we to understand the pervasive journalistic arrogance of the Bruce Lehrmann imbroglio? The defamation case against Network Ten revealed media mediocrity plus a lack of self-awareness and humility. Many journalists should have known better The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2024
Bruce Lehrmann defamation case: what happens next and who pays the legal bills? Case to return to court on Monday for a hearing on costs, where Lehrmann may be ordered to pay Ten’s legal fees on top of his own The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2024
Bruce Lehrmann cancels headline speaking role at ‘presumption of innocence’ conference Lehrmann was due to appear at conference as ‘poster boy for trial by media’ before defamation trial judge found he raped Brittany Higgins on balance of probabilities The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2024
Future criminal action in Lehrmann case a matter for DPP: ACT govt The ACT has noted the Federal Court's findings. The Canberra Times · Apr 15, 2024
Lehrmann lost. But so did everyone who touched this defamation case This case truly was an 'omnishambles'. The Canberra Times · Apr 15, 2024
Lehrmann faces crippling legal costs after rape finding Bruce Lehrmann has been found most likely to have raped Brittany Higgins in a Parliament House office, in a devastating legal ruling against the former staffer. AAP · Apr 15, 2024
Parliament rape claim was true, judge rules in case that gripped Australia Defamation trial judge satisfied, on balance of probabilities, that Bruce Lehrmann raped colleague Brittany Higgins in 2019 The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024
It took a well-equipped, forensic judge to unstitch Lehrmann – and hand the media a rare win The judge criticised the way Channel Ten handled the story, but found Brittany Higgins’ evidence on the central allegation ‘honest and accurate’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024
'No leg to stand on' should Lehrmann decide to appeal But nothing can be entirely ruled out in this endlessly strange case. Newcastle Herald · Apr 15, 2024
Lisa Wilkinson says ‘I published a true story about a rape’ after Bruce Lehrmann defamation case ruling Former host of The Project hails verdict as Network Ten solicitor calls decision ‘unmitigated disaster’ for Lehrmann The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024
Ten slammed as 'grossly improper' despite Lehrmann win A judge has been scathing of Network Ten's shortcomings despite finding a report on The Project that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins was true. AAP · Apr 15, 2024
A ‘hapless’ Bumble date, Qing dynasty ceramics and the Algonquin round table: the best lines from the Bruce Lehrmann verdict The federal court justice Michael Lee gave a two-and-a-half hour oral summary of his judgment that at times strayed into unexpectedly colourful references The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024
Afternoon Update: Lehrmann loses defamation case; Israel calls for sanctions on Iran; and the nostalgic Neopets revival Justice Michael Lee found former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten when The Project broadcast an interview with Brittany Higgins The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024
Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2024 Former Australian gov’t staffer raped colleague in Parliament, judge finds Bruce Lehrmann loses defamation claim against broadcaster and journalist over 2021 interview with his accuser.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024 Bruce Lehrmann ‘hellbent on having sex’ with Brittany Higgins and raped her in Parliament House, defamation judge finds Justice Michael Lee finds former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Ten in interview with Brittany Higgins in February 2021
The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2024 Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial verdict – as it happened This blog is now closed.
AAP · Apr 14, 2024 Liar, rapist: Ten 'vindicated' in Lehrmann verdict Bruce Lehrmann was so hell-bent on having sex with Brittany Higgins in Parliament House that he was indifferent to her consent and raped her, a judge has found.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2024 Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins saga: the night that spawned more than a dozen legal cases Lehrmann has lost his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Here are all the other connected cases
The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2024 Bruce Lehrmann case sends Seven, Nine and Ten into internecine TV warfare The spats continue among Australia’s media outlets in the wake of the all-consuming defamation case
AAP · Apr 11, 2024 Making cents of Lehrmann's 'unprecedented' lawsuit The lawsuit Bruce Lehrmann brought over a Network Ten broadcast took on a life of its own, and the only certainty is people will be tuning into the decision.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2024 Liability, imputations and truth: what the judge will consider in his Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial verdict Justice Michael Lee will rule, on the balance of probabilities, whether Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins. Here are the steps he must take to make that verdict
The Canberra Times · Apr 9, 2024 Higgins raises question about 'info' she was drugged before alleged rape Police officer raised issue during investigation, court told.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2024 Brittany Higgins questions whether she was drugged on night of alleged rape in new court submission Higgins says any question about her evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case should take into account her trauma and the possibility she may have been drugged
The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2024 Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: judge to hand down verdict on Monday Federal court announces a new date for the decision after original date delayed by fresh evidence