Brittany Higgins has for the first time made submissions in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case, ahead of the decision on Monday.
A senior Australian Federal Police officer recorded an allegation that Brittany Higgins “may have been drugged” on the night she alleges she was raped in Parliament House by Bruce Lehrmann, her lawyers say in a bombshell submission in Lehrmann’s defamation case.
The master chronology was tendered in evidence as part of a raft of materials produced to the court by Taylor Auerbach, a former producer on Seven’sprogram who gave evidence about the network’s dealings with Lehrmann when it was seeking to secure an exclusive interview. Higgins is not a party to the litigation. She gave evidence in the case for Network Ten and high-profile presenter Lisa Wilkinson, who are being sued for defamation by Lehrmann over an interview with Higgins onThe judgment was initially slated to be delivered on April 4.
Under the truth defence, Ten and Wilkinson are seeking to prove to the civil standard – on the balance of probabilities, meaning it is more likely than not – that Lehrmann raped Higgins.
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