Brittany Higgins has fired back at recent media scrutiny around her compensation deal with the government and an alleged 'breach of privacy'.
Ms Higgins is reported to have filed a claim against the government for the alleged failure by former minister Linda Reynolds and others to support her in the wake of her rape allegations against fellow staffer Bruce Lehrmann.
Brittany Higgins has threatened to sue media outlets wrongly speculating her compensation deal payout. Picture: Martin Ollman/Getty Images“The settlement was well below the reported figure the media has run with - let alone beyond it?Ms Higgins is understood to have sought damages for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, negligence and victimisation.
Fordham acknowledged the further details provided by Ms Higgins by updating the headline of his radio segment.However, Ms Higgins' fiancé David Sharaz was quick to highlight this wasn’t the same as apologising for wrongly speculating the figure.I entrusted police with my private information for the sole purpose that it could aid their investigation into my sexual assault, nothing else.
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