The decision in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson was due to be handed down this week, but the case has now been reopened over fresh evidence.
Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann was due to learn on Thursday whether he had been successful in one of Australia's highest-profile defamation cases, but there has been a delay in the verdict. Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over a 2021 interview, during which Brittany Higgins alleged she had been raped in Parliament House in 2019. Lehrmann was not named in the interview, but he alleges he was identifiable and that the interview defamed him.
In three affidavits filed with the Federal Court, Auerbach claimed Lehrmann leaked private and confidential texts from Higgins, sending them to Seven ahead of the Spotlight interview. Auerbach is expected to testify in court that Lehrmann leaked confidential texts from Higgins to Seven in breach of what is known as the Harman undertaking, which sought to ensure evidence from the abandoned criminal case against him was not used for other purposes.
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