Linda Reynolds has accused her former staffer Brittany Higgins and her now-husband David Sharaz of planning a premeditated attack on her character in the lead up to her interview on Channel 10.
Linda Reynolds has accused the Federal Attorney General of silencing her in a Brittany Higgins compensation suit, and has accused her former staffer of planning a premeditated attack on her character.
Ms Higgins had settled with the Commonwealth for $2.445 million in December 2022 over the handling of her allegation she was raped in Senator Reynolds' then-ministerial suite at Parliament House in Canberra in 2019. Senator Reynolds' became visibly angered in court today as she recalled the outrage she felt upon receiving a letter informing her the Commonwealth would take over her defence in the civil case with Ms Higgins, that led to the settlement.
Senator Reynolds said the pre-interview, during which the strategy to make public Ms Higgins rape allegations was discussed, made her realise how much thought had gone into the attack against her.."I had no idea just how well prepared this plan was. They had a package for the media, they had a package for the Me Too movement, they had a package for disaffected Liberals.
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