It was a story of an alleged rape in the halls of Parliament House and a covert cover-up, and like all “fairytales” WA Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett told the Supreme Court, it simply needed a villain.
It was a story of an alleged rape in the halls of Parliament House and a covert cover-up, and like all “fairytales”, WA Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett told the Supreme Court, it needed a villain.
in which Sharaz claimed Higgins had said making Linda Reynolds’ life difficult would be the “best-case scenario”. Bennett told the court Reynolds was sidelined in the dispute, which was being handled on her behalf by federal government solicitors, and that its prompt settlement and the media coverage that followed implied guilt — specifically, an article published by Maiden on the day the deed was penned.A photo of Brittany Higgins and Senator Linda Reynolds taken on May 16, 2019, showing her wearing the white dress she wore on the night of her alleged rape on March 23 that year.
But Bennett said the evidence suggested otherwise, with photographs, social media posts and correspondence tendered as evidence showing Higgins door-knocking, fine dining, and rubbing shoulders with senior figures within the party, from Morrison to former Indigenous Affairs minister Ken Wyatt. “It’s event, after event, after event, all of which could have been provided to the Commonwealth to confirm the statements by Ms Higgins were palpably false,” Bennett said.
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