A Queensland MP known to Brittany Higgins has told a court that the former Liberal staffer told him that a colleague had raped her, just days after she was allegedly assaulted by Bruce Lehrmann.
Network Ten journalist Lisa Wilkinson has been accused of bias towards former defence minister Linda Reynolds because of a message she sent hours before an episode of The Project aired in which Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped in Parliament House, in which she said the senator was âlying through her teethâ.
Bruce Lehrmann will not call Brittany Higgins back to the witness box in his defamation trial against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilksinon to give evidence on a secret recording of a conversation between her fiancé and solicitor.
A judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson has asked to see the legal advice Wilkinson received before giving her Logies acceptance speech last year, saying it was “inconceivable” any lawyer would have approved it.
The Project producer Angus Llewellyn has testified that Bruce Lehrmann was given a reasonable chance to respond to rape allegations made by Brittany Higgins, and dismissed as âridiculousâ the suggestion that he indicated to Higgins and her partner David Sharaz that he was going to âdo a numberâ on Lehrmann.Â
The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Network Ten intervened on Wednesday during cross-examination of The Project producer Angus Llewellyn, apparently dissatisfied with Llewellyn’s response when asked whether he believed Brittany Higginsâ partner David Sharaz had a âpolitical agenda”.
A court has heard a secretly recorded conversation between Brittany Higgins and her former boss, Senator Michaelia Cash, which presenter Lisa Wilkinson says is consistent with Higginsâ account that she told Cash in October 2019 about her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, a claim that Cash has denied.
The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Network Ten has granted Lehrmannâs bid to subpoena Sky News Australia for an audio recording said to capture a conversation between Brittany Higginsâ fiancĂ© and her solicitor.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins told a colleague she “could not have consented” to a sexual encounter with Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House, a court has heard.
A lip reading expert who has examined CCTV footage of Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins on the night of her alleged rape at Parliament House must give evidence in person, with a judge saying if the expert needs an interpreter for cross-examination it could affect the weight given to his evidence. Lehrmann is suing Network…