Ten could have very limited prospects of recouping millions in legal costs spent successfully defending a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, a judge says.
The former Liberal staffer had his lawsuit tossed in April when Justice Michael Lee found reports he had raped Brittany Higgins in a parliament house office five years earlier were true, based on the balance of probabilities.
Justice Lee found Lehrmann had defended the criminal charge of rape "on a false basis, lied to police and then allowed that lie to go uncorrected before the jury". The reference would also include how much Lehrmann would have to pay Ten for both its and Wilkinson's costs. "I don't want people throwing good money after bad and having referees going down the path of preparing detailed reports when it's a completely futile exercise."
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