A judge's finding Bruce Lehrmann likely raped Brittany Higgins has been labelled an "unmitigated disaster'' for the former Liberal staffer.
Network Ten's lawyers called the result "vindication" for the company and its belief and support for Higgins during Lehrmann's long-running defamation case.Religious 'extremism' behind Sydney church stabbing, police sayBruce Lehrmann leaves the Law Courts after losing his defamation case with Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson yesterday.
"But when you come to the court, and you are cross-examined, and forensically examined, you can't get away with it."Federal Court Justice Michael Lee ruled against Lerhmann in his marathon defamation suit against the network and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for airing the allegations, finding on the balance of probabilities a sexual assault took place on a couch in Parliament House in 2019.
Lehrmann's account that he was returning to Parliament House to retrieve a set of keys, and never intended to have sex with Higgins, were among numerous lies he told the court, Justice Lee determined.
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