Breaking: Bruce Lehrmann has been given the green light to sue Network Ten and News Corp for defamation over interviews airing Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.
Former federal Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been given the green light to sue Network Ten and News Corp for defamation over interviews airing Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation, after a judge extended an expired limitation period.The ProjectBruce Lehrmann enters the Federal Court in Sydney last month.
Lee found Lehrmann’s lawyers had established it was not reasonable for him to file the case within a year of the interviews. Lee noted that a key issue in dispute in the proceedings was the content of the advice given to Lehrmann at this time, and said text messages Lehrmann sent to his then-girlfriend and a friend were an unreliable basis on which to conclude he was advised he would never face a criminal charge.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge. His trial was aborted in October last year due to juror misconduct. The charge was later dropped altogether amid concerns about Higgins’ mental health. Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence.
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