A lawyer for Bruce Lehrmann said the DPP “mockingly” discarded his concern about Brittany Higgins speaking at the National Press Club ahead of the trial.
A lawyer who acted for Bruce Lehrmann has told an inquiry into the former Coalition staffer’s abandoned rape case that the prosecutor, Shane Drumgold SC, “mockingly” discarded his concern about Brittany Higgins speaking at the National Press Club in the months before the trial.
Korn said in the statement he again asked Drumgold to dissuade Higgins from speaking at the Press Club, to which the latter allegedly replied, “no, I don’t propose to do that. She has been appropriately warned not to give any details of the offence”.Alex Ellinghausen Higgins shared the stage with former Australian of the Year and sexual assault survivor Grace Tame during the February 9 address, during which the former explained said she spoke out publicly about her allegation of sexual assault because she did not want to be part of parliament’s culture of silence.“I spoke out because I wanted the next generation of staffers to work in a better place. To take up a dream job like I did.
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