Lisa Wilkinson has enlisted the services of a top barrister who only hours earlier slammed the television star for her Logies acceptance speech and suggested there was a 'serious possibility' she could be charged with contempt.
President of the Australian Bar Association Dr Matthew Collins QC appeared on Sunrise on Wednesday where heMr Lehrmann has strongly denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.
President of the Australian Bar Association Dr Matthew Collins QC was approached to represent Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson hours after he sprayed the television host in an interview. Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian "It's certainly possible that the authorities will be looking at the speech that she made to the Logies and assessing that speech against the standard that applies in this branch of the law," he told the show's hosts.
Dr Collins suggested Ms Wilkinson could face a"serious possibility" of being charged over the acceptance speech that led to the delay of the Brittany Higgins trial. Picture: Instagram/@lisa_wilkinson
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