February
Lehrmann charged with stealing a Toyota Prado in Tasmania
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann appeared by phone in a Hobart magistrate’s court and did not enter a plea to a charge of stealing a vehicle.
October 2024
Lehrmann avoids $200k hit as appeal gets green light
A judge has ordered Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation appeal can proceed without a $200,000 hit to his hip pocket.
Bruce Lehrmann ‘probably Australia’s most hated man’: his lawyer
A judge ruled the former Liberal staffer raped Brittany Higgins in 2019. Now on Centrelink, OnlyFans is his only prospect for work, his lawyer says.
August 2024
Higgins’ partner offered media pictures of alleged rape couch
The boyfriend of Brittany Higgins offered to send pictures of the couch she was allegedly raped on to a journalist, a Perth court has heard.
‘Significantly different’ psychiatric report on Higgins emerges
The psychiatric report that helped secure Brittany Higgins a $2.4 million settlement was one of two dated on the same day, but which did not match, a Perth court has heard.
Morrison feared ‘fatal outcome’ for Reynolds in Higgins saga
Scott Morrison told a court he saw Senator Linda Reynolds stressed during debate over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations, and worried it would kill her.
July 2024
Bruce Lehrmann’s new lawyer is not used to defamation cases
Colourful Sydney lawyer Zali Burrows is now representing former political adviser Bruce Lehrmann as he pushes ahead with his defamation appeal.
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.
June 2024
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.
May 2024
Lehrmann files appeal without lawyers
Bruce Lehrmann has told the Federal Court he will appeal against the finding at his defamation trial that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins.
April 2024
Women know the true power of Justice Lee’s finding
It wasn’t just about one rape in Canberra. It is a pattern of male behaviour lamented by all politicians but which continues just the same.
What Bruce Lehrmann could do next
Bruce Lehrmann has 28 days to appeal, but he needs to find the lawyers and the money first.
Higgins ‘cover-up’ no Watergate. It was another ‘Russsiagate’
Journalists won “glittering prizes” for the stories that were misinformation, but there’s no sign of anyone giving back their awards.
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.
Lehrmann judge queries Ten lawyer’s criticism
Lawyer Justin Quill says the way defamation trials pick apart journalists’ work is “divorced from reality”.
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak
Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.
A rape, a cover-up narrative and a political firestorm
“Tonight, claims of rape, roadblocks to a police investigation, and a young woman forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice”. That is how Ten introduced its interview with Brittany Higgins.
Higgins, Sharaz should settle with ‘vindicated’ Reynolds: Dutton
The opposition leader says Brittany Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz should settle the senator’s defamation actions against them and issue a “full apology”.
The Lehrmann judgment’s best line wears many hats
Who wouldn’t want credit for the line that more than any other will come to characterise this 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.