Linda Reynolds took a break from questioning after recalling a warning from late Victorian senator Kimberley Kitching that Labor intended to “rain hell” on her over Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape – before making the extraordinary claim the saga led to Kitching’s death.
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds requested a break from questioning at the WA Supreme Court on Tuesday, after recalling a warning from late Victorian senator Kimberley Kitching that Labor intended to “rain hell” on her over Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape – before making the extraordinary claim the saga led to her death.
Reynolds told the court Kitching approached her, revealing she had received an anonymous letter about the alleged rape – about to be weaponised by the opposition.“I was completely incredulous. I said ‘why would anyone weaponise such an incident?’,” Reynolds told the court. Her death was followed by allegations she had been bullied by several of her parliamentary colleagues.
Reynolds said she spent the hours that followed casting her mind back to cues she may have missed and trying to comprehend how their recollections could be so different before Higgins’ tell-all interview with“I was angry at Brittany, but I was also angry at myself and wondering how we had got it so wrong,” she told the court.
He told the court the fundraiser, the proceeds of which Galati is to hold on trust for Higgins, were part of a carefully calculated campaign to mislead the public and characterise the proceedings as Reynolds seeking to silence a sexual assault survivor.
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