Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case verdict
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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Over in Australia, a judge has made a civil court ruling that it's likely former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann raped colleague Brittany Higgins.
He'd taken a multi-million dollar defamation case over Network Ten's reporting of Higgins' allegations in 2021.
Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says the judge has described Lehrmann as having escaped the lion's den - but making the grave mistake of coming back for his hat.
"In other words, he was not convicted of rape at the criminal trial due to jury misconduct and a mistrial, but in suing for defamation- he was found, on balance, to be a rapist."
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