The ex-Liberal Party staffer has been ordered to pay most of Network Ten's legal costs after a judge ruled that allegations he raped Brittany Higgins were substantially true.
Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay most of Network Ten's legal bill after his failed defamation case against the network. In April, the ex-Liberal Party staffer suffered a massive legal loss after the Federal Court found that imputations he raped Brittany Higgins in a Parliament House office in March 2019 were, on the balance of probabilities, most likely true.
Lehrmann was ordered to pay for the network's costs on an ordinary and indemnity basis, but he will not have to pay costs for some affidavits. The total amount he will have to pay will be determined at a hearing later in May. Justice Lee noted "there are no real winners" in the case, and criticised Ten's lawyers for going on a "victory tour" after his judgment was delivered in April .
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