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Bruce Lehrmann ‘probably Australia’s most hated man’: his lawyer

Sam Buckingham-Jones

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann is likely “Australia’s most hated man”, could only find work on “something silly” like adult video subscription site OnlyFans and should be allowed to appeal a finding that he raped a colleague, his lawyer says.

Zali Burrows appeared in a Federal Court in Sydney on Monday to argue Mr Lehrmann, her client, should be able to clear his name by appealing a judge’s decision that he raped Brittany Higgins in an office in Parliament House in March 2019.

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Sam Buckingham-Jones is the media and marketing reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Sam on Twitter.

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