The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial is finally behind her, so what can one of TV’s highest-paid presenters have to look forward to now?
After a long and bruising legal battle, Lisa Wilkinson was finally able to stand on the steps of the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday and declare, “I published a true story about a rape.”in February 2021. It won her and the show two Logies the following June, and ultimately became the focus of a protracted and expensive defamation trial brought and lost by Bruce Lehrmann.For a journalist under siege, it was both victory and vindication.
It was reported at the time that Wilkinson had been offered a deal worth $1.8 million a year to stay with, but she wanted $2 million, the same as her co-host, Karl Stefanovic. Hugh Marks, who was then chief executive of Nine, later claimed“It’s pretty rare for someone to come back to a commercial network after leaving like that,” says a Nine insider, who was not authorised to speak on the record.
“I don’t think the money will matter to her. It’s more the profile that she wants,” says agent and promoter Max Markson. “She wants to be back in business, so the money’s not going to be an issue.”Any reputational damage Wilkinson may have suffered – including from Justice Lee’s remarks that some of her behaviour in reporting the Higgins rape allegations “fell short of the standard of reasonableness” – is unlikely to linger, says Markson.
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