Taylor Auerbach, a former senior producer on Seven’s Spotlight program, has emerged as an unlikely witness in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Ten.
The judge presiding over Bruce Lehrmann’s multimillion-dollar defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson will hear evidence on Thursday from a former Seven producer who alleges Lehrmann gave him thousands of Brittany Higgins’ private text messages.program, has emerged as an unlikely witness in Lehrmann’s defamation case against Ten and Wilkinson after TenTaylor Auerbach, left, and Bruce Lehrmann.
Higgins’ text messages had been handed over to the Australian Federal Police under a search warrant as it investigated her claim she was sexually assaulted by Lehrmann in Parliament House in March 2019 while they were working as advisers to the then Liberal defence industry minister Linda Reynolds. Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence. His ACT Supreme Court criminal trial for sexual assault was aborted in 2022 owing to juror misconduct and a second trial did not proceed owing to concerns about Higgins’ mental health.If Lehrmann did leak the text messages, Ten alleges his conduct amounted to a contempt because he breached an implied obligation not to use the material for a purpose unrelated to his criminal trial.
Auerbach has also alleged that Lehrmann received tens of thousands of dollars in perks before he agreed to sign an exclusivity deal with Seven, including $10,000 in massages and reimbursement for sex workers and illicit drugs in January 2023. Seven has denied those claims. Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights.
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