Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds says she'll fight to clear her name in a lawsuit against Brittany Higgins, with Scott Morrison set to potentially give evidence.
Outside court, Reynolds told reporters she attended the hearing to demonstrate her determination to take the matter to trial and "finally get justice".
Reynolds said Higgins' claims had "taken a huge toll on my mental and my physical health, and that of my family and former staff". He found on the balance of probabilities Lehrmann did rape Higgins, but the allegation of a political cover-up "was objectively short on facts but long on speculation". Reynolds said she had been well supported by her federal Liberal Party colleagues since the allegations surfaced in 2021.
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a statement in the House of Representatives, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 31 July 2023. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Reynolds was also pursuing Higgins' husband, David Sharaz, for defamation but he announced in April he would no longer fight the case and consented to judgment.
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