The ‘Manny’: Bruce Lehrmann now working as a live-in nanny
While he waits for his court cases to progress, Bruce Lehrmann has taken up a surprising new job.
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Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has sought safe haven interstate where he is working as a full-time live-in nanny.
With his reputation and future employability devastated by two criminal court cases and a defamation defeat, the 29-year-old has been taken in by a close family friend to look after their two children who call him “The Manny” or “Uncle Bruce”.
In exchange for looking after the children, who are under 10, the former Liberal staffer has effectively been adopted by the family and lives in their home, which is outside of NSW.
The role is unpaid and Lehrmann, who is relying on Centrelink benefits, has been quietly doing it for the past 18 months. When contacted, Lehrmann declined to comment.
Instead, he released a statement through his lawyer, Zali Burrows, who said: “Bruce relishes the trusted role he has in the children’s lives and the family really adores him. It’s been a safe, happy sanctuary, away from the mental and financial turmoil”.
In August 2021 he was publicly identified as having been charged with raping fellow Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House at Canberra on a boozy night out in 2019. He has always denied the allegations.
Lehrmann stood trial in the ACT Supreme Court but the case was aborted in October 2022.
In 2023, Lehrmann sued Channel 10 and presenter Lisa Wilkinson over an interview with Ms Higgins.
It was a disaster for Lehrmann with Justice Michael Lee finding against him and ruling on the balance of probabilities that he raped Ms Higgins.
Lehrmann has appealed Justice Lee’s decision and the case is set to go before the Federal Court of Australia in August.
He is also fighting allegations he raped a woman in 2021.
That case will return to court on June 20.
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