Former political staffer says Lehrmann’s extended defamation action against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson was ‘retraumatising’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Brittany Higgins says she feels she can “breathe again” after Bruce Lehrmann lost his high-profile appeal against a defamation decision that found he raped her. The disgraced former Liberal staffer had sued Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation over an interview with Brittany Higgins on The Project in 2021 in which she claimed she had been raped. Continue reading...
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Brittany Higgins says she feels she can ‘breathe again’ after Bruce Lehrmann defamation appeal dismissed
Brittany Higgins stated she feels relief after Bruce Lehrmann's appeal against a defamation ruling was dismissed. Lehrmann had sued Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson over a 2021 interview on "The Project" where Higgins alleged he raped her.
Australian Associated PressThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2025-12-03 · 22:53 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Brittany Higgins stated she feels relief after Bruce Lehrmann's appeal against a defamation ruling was dismissed. Lehrmann had sued Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson over a 2021 interview on "The Project" where Higgins alleged he raped her. The defamation lawsuit stemmed from Higgins' claims of rape, which Lehrmann denied. The initial defamation ruling sided against Lehrmann, finding that he did rape Higgins. Higgins described the extended legal action as "retraumatising."
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Lehrmann’s extended defamation action was ‘retraumatising’.
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In the interview, Brittany Higgins claimed she had been raped.
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The defamation suit was over an interview with Brittany Higgins on The Project in 2021.
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Bruce Lehrmann sued Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson for defamation.
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Brittany Higgins says she feels she can ‘breathe again’ after Bruce Lehrmann lost his appeal.
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