Former Coalition minister Linda Reynolds has vowed to proceed with her own civil case against Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz.
Former Coalition minister Linda Reynolds has broken her silence following Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation defeat, vowing to proceed with her own civil case against Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz while declaring accusations of a political cover-up had been dispelled.
She said both her and her former chief-of-staff Fiona Brown had lost their careers, “had our reputations destroyed and have had our health seriously and irreparably compromised”. Reynolds said it “would be an understatement” to say she was pleased with Lees’ findings, calling it the “cover-up that never was”.
Reynolds launched two separate defamation claims against Higgins and Sharaz in the WA Supreme Court last year over statements the couple published on their separate social media accounts. “If we sit around hoping for things to settle, they never do,” he said. A spokesperson for Bennett confirmed the defamation action is still pending.
Justice Lee said: “When examined properly and without partiality, the cover-up allegation was objectively short on facts but long on speculation and internal inconsistencies – trying to particularise it during the evidence was like trying to grab a column of smoke. But despite its logical and evidentiary flaws, Ms Higgins’ boyfriend selected and contacted two journalists and then Ms Higgins advanced her account to them, and through them, to others.
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