Lehrmann's Defamation Appeal Rejected

0:00The high court of Australia just slammed the door on Bruce Lairman's appeal and his defamation battle against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson It all kicked off with Brittany Higgins, accusing him of raping her back in 2019 at Parliament House after a night out drinking Two lower courts ruled, ten didn't defame him by airing her story on the project in February 2021 Even finding on the balance of Probabilities that the assault happened that ruling from federal court justice Michael Lee in April 2024 called the whole saga and Omnishambles and the full federal court Backed it up in December Lairman denies everything stressing no criminal conviction ever stuck his ACT trial got derailed by juror issues and a second one never happened Brittany Higgins celebrated the news on Instagram saying it ends a painful chapter where her alleged attacker tried silencing her and the media for Years she wants real reforms to protect survivors better in the legal system

1:03Lisa Wilkinson chimed in too noting the five-year ordeal took a huge toll on everyone hitting Higgins hardest Now Lairman's staring down a two million dollar legal bill to 10 which could push him into bankruptcy since he's unlikely to pay much 10 state quiet and his team didn't respond This wraps a long fight But Higgins is shifting gears to push for a fairer system that actually cares for victims finality at last with eyes on the Here's future. This has been Adelaide News today powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story