Justice Michael Lee finds former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Ten in interview with Brittany Higgins in February 2021
Justice Michael Lee has found that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.Justice Michael Lee has found that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.Bruce Lehrmann has lost his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, bringing to an end a sprawling legal saga which has gripped the nation.
“In summary, I consider it more likely than not in those early hours, after a long night of conviviality and drinking and having successfully brought Ms Higgins back to a secluded place, Mr Lehrmann was hellbent on having sex with a woman he found attractive” and knew was inebriated, Lee said. Lehrmann and Wilkinson were both in court for the decision. Both were in court for most of the five-week trial, sitting at opposite ends of the courtroom.
The Project did not name Lehrmann as the Liberal staffer at the heart of the allegation but Lee found he was identifiable in the broadcast. When the defence presented its case, the court heard Higgins weighed 60kg at the time of the alleged rape and an expert testified that a woman of her size would have likely had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.23% at the time of the alleged rape.
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