The omnishambles built on rape and ‘short-on-facts’ theory
Never before in Australia’s history has one allegation sparked such an extensive, expensive and often times downright bizarre series of threats, claims, counter claims and courtroom battles.
On the morning of Saturday, March 23, 2019, between 1:48am and 2:30am, former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann raped his colleague Brittany Higgins in a ministerial office in Parliament House.
From the day Higgins went public with her allegation through News.com.au journalist Samantha Maiden and Network 10 presenter Lisa Wilkinson on February 15, 2021, what happened in those 40 minutes gripped the country.
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