July
Lehrmann committed to stand trial on two counts of rape
Magistrate Mark Howden returned with a decision that a reasonable jury, properly instructed, could potentially find the allegations proven beyond reasonable doubt.
- Rex Martinich
June
- Court
- Lehrmann trial
Lehrmann rape hearing adjourned for ‘no-case’ argument
A rape charge hearing against former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been adjourned, with his defence set to argue he has no case to answer.
- Rex Martinich
May
Bruce Lehrmann given extension to appeal but will be forced to pay
The former Liberal staffer has appointed barrister Guy Reynolds, SC, to review his case. He has until May 31 to lodge an appeal.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April
Bruce Lehrmann rejected offer to settle, should pay all costs: Ten
Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson offered to settle with Bruce Lehrmann in August last year. He rejected it within two hours.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Ex-Seven producer demands compensation, apology from Seven
Taylor Auerbach, who helped secure Bruce Lehrmann for an exclusive Spotlight interview, says he has been proven right by the Federal Court’s decision on Monday.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Lehrmann trial
How Lehrmann’s many lies added up to rape
In this contest of credibility between Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins, the judge decided it was no contest.
- Updated
- Michael Pelly
Judge finds Lehrmann raped Higgins, but no Morrison cover-up
Justice Michael Lee has found that Bruce Lehrmann raped his former colleague in 2019, but says the talk of a political cover-up was “short on facts”.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Taking out the Bruce Lehrmann trash
Historic day leaves Seven counting the costs of its sullied Spotlight exclusive.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
The damage done to Seven West Media from cocaine and prostitute claims
Weeks of headlines haven’t dampened advertiser appetite for Seven’s footy ads, media buyers say. But that is not strictly true for its reputation and its board.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘Destined for greatness’: Lehrmann judge tested his arm with former PM
All eyes will be on Justice Michael Lee – arguably the best-known judge in the land – when he hands down his judgment in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case on Monday.
- Michael Pelly
New Seven expenses scandal as Spotlight boss enlists lawyer
Mark Llewellyn, executive producer of Seven’s flagship current affairs show, has tapped John Laxon for advice, as the network deals with new allegations of corporate wrongdoing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial judgment date set
Justice Michael Lee in the Federal Court will deliver his judgment in Bruce Lehrmann’s bombshell defamation case on Monday.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Up in the air: Seven’s new boss braces for impact
Jeff Howard watched ex-Seven producer Taylor Auerbach give evidence on Friday while flying back from Adelaide, two weeks before he takes over Seven’s top job.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Max Mason
Seven paid for Lehrmann’s story. Now it is the story
The television network’s pursuit of an interview with the accused rapist has put its tactics on trial.
- Aaron Patrick
Seven allegedly paid thousands for drugs, prostitutes for Lehrmann
In three explosive affidavits, a former Seven producer claims the network paid for housing, meals and drugs to score a tell-all interview with Bruce Lehrmann.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Ten seeks to call fresh evidence about Lehrmann days before judgment
The network’s lawyers have lodged an interlocutory application seeking that the high-profile Bruce Lehrmann case be reopened before the decision on Thursday.
- Savannah Meacham
March
The Bruce Lehrmann saga is a radioactive snowball
The sordid scandal around the former staffer keeps claiming victims and ruining reputations.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
NSW police turns to Bruce Lehrmann producer for top PR role
NSW police sacked the state’s powerful PR chief. It will turn to Spotlight’s Steve Jackson to help run the force’s media apparatus.
- Mark Di Stefano
January
Lehrmann’s lawyers concede his evidence was ‘unsatisfactory’
But they also say that Brittany Higgins’ testimony was “fundamentally dishonest”, as silks fight over witness credibility in the Network 10 trial.
- Hannah Wootton
December 2023
YouTuber ordered before court over Lehrmann, Higgins trial videos
A Federal Court judge has ordered a man behind a YouTube account attacking feminism to appear – in person – before him over alleged contempt of court.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones