Former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach gives evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, as Justice Michael Lee prepares to rule on whether Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson's interview with Brittany Higgins on Network Ten. The court hears that Lehrmann was reimbursed by the network for expenses related to an exclusive interview, including money spent on cocaine and sex workers.
Former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach leaves the federal court after giving evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial . Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson ’s interview with Brittany Higgins on Network Ten .Former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach leaves the federal court after giving evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial .
Auerbach was asked about an invoice, produced to the court on Friday by the Seven Network, from 14 January 2023 from Lehrmann for a hire car and a George Street bar. Another item was a $750 charge for “pre-production expenses”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup
This expense was separate to the $10,000 charge to the Seven credit card made by Auerbach in November 2022 for a Thai massage parlour. Lee, who appeared frustrated at several points by the relevance of the fresh evidence, quizzed Collins about why Seven allegedly paying for sex workers and drugs was relevant to his findings in the defamation case.
“So he said, ‘I know what she got, so we’ll start from there’, and we sort of talked about vaguely $200,000,” Auerbach said.
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