Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett used the final day of his closing address on Wednesday to take the WA Supreme Court through a series of exchanges between Higgins and her now-husband David Sharaz.
Liberal senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has accused Brittany Higgins of mocking the fact the attack she launched by weaponising her alleged rape had culminated in the former defence minister’s hospitalisation.
He pointed to another text message exchange between Higgins and journalist Samantha Maiden on February 19, 2021, as the political furore over Higgins’ alleged rape and Reynolds’ handling of it took hold.Bennett said it was telling Higgins wanted her genuine, honest view kept out of the public discourse.
Bennett narrowed in on an Instagram story the former staffer published on July 4, 2023, in which she accused Reynolds of engaging in “questionable conduct” during the 2022 criminal rape trial of her alleged rapist, harassing her in parliament and suing her then-fiance. “She’s been slandered and suffered for 18 months, of course she’s interested in the case. Moreover, she’s got a civil claim coming up — of course she’s interested in the case,” he told the court.
Bennett also attacked Higgins’ claims she was kept at arm’s length from Reynolds and relegated to her hotel room while working in Perth between April and May before the 2019 federal election.
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