Brittany Higgins drops price on France villa

Brittany Higgins’ defamation fight against Senator Linda Reynolds has taken another turn and it isn’t good news for the former Liberal staffer.

Brittany Higgins has dropped the asking price for her French villa. Picture: Colin Murty

Brittany Higgins is set to take a significant hit on an investment she made, in the wake of her multimillion-dollar payout from the Federal Government.

Higgins and her husband David Sharaz have opted to sell a home they bought in France, around a year after Higgins was awarded $2.4m in compensation over her alleged rape by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House in 2019.

The couple bought a three-bedroom two-level villa in southern France around 100km east of Bordeaux, a famous winegrowing region in the southwest of the country just last year.

The home is situated on a hillside with a pool, lake and local views.

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Brittany Higgins celebrates her 30th birthday in the snow with husband David Sharaz. Picture: Instagram

According to The Daily Telegraph, the listing from sales agency Agency Eleonor says the home is “10 minutes north of Bergerac, with beautiful views of a village in the countryside”.

The couple are selling the home in order to meet the costs of legal action brought against Higgins and Sharaz by Senator Linda Reynolds, who is suing the pair for defamation.

A Judgement in that case is expected in the New Year.

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Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz’s French home Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

One of the home’s three bedrooms. Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz dropped the price of their French home Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

Country charm. Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

The home is being sold partly furnished and it’s asking price has been cut by around $85,000.

After struggling to sell since being brought to market in September the asking price has fallen from around €420,000 ($682,000) to around €367,500 ($596,500).

Higgins, who has just turned 30, is planning to return home to Australia to start a family with Sharaz, as she posted on social media to celebrate the milestone.

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Higgins at the home.

“Early birthday surprise from my loved ones to kick off the new decade,” she said.

“Couldn’t be more excited to be closing the chapter on my twenties – let’s be real they were a mess.”

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Originally published as Brittany Higgins drops price on France villa