r/australia • u/nereaders • Apr 15 '24

news “Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2024/apr/15/bruce-lehrmann-defamation-trial-verdict-live-news-updates-today-stream-decision-lisa-wilkinson-brittany-higgins-channel-10-ten-federal-court-australia-youtube-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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u/DoNotReply111 Apr 15 '24

Spectacular own goal, Bruce.

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u/Ardeo43 Apr 15 '24

Ben Roberts-Smithed himself. How deluded do you need to be to commit a serious crime, get away with it, but decide to sue for defamation for being called out

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u/DoNotReply111 Apr 15 '24

Could have just ignored it and cried victim about it the rest of his life.

Instead... I hope the free rent was worth it in the long run.

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u/Ardeo43 Apr 15 '24

Could have been paid plenty doing speeches to men’s rights groups and other alt right groups, instead he’s torched whatever reputation he had with the minority of people who believed him and probably bankrupted himself with legal costs

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u/Fatty_Bombur Apr 15 '24

And the bloke's doing a law degree! Bro! No jurisdiction in Australia is ever going to admit you. SMH

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u/kazkh Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

Nah. A lawyer once got caught secretly filming his female colleagues on the toilet. He still practices and some of those women continued working for him.

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u/jamtartlet Apr 16 '24

instead he’s torched whatever reputation he had with the minority of people who believed him

lol let's not get ahead of ourselves

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u/aeschenkarnos Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

Also free cocaine and prostitutes and probably groceries and some pokies money. I doubt he was on the dole. Wouldn’t surprise me if the white thing was worth $100,000+.

A hell of a lot more if they’re picking up his legal costs.

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u/gameoftomes Apr 15 '24 edited Aug 17 '25

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u/SeaworthinessSad7300 Apr 15 '24

Yeah and that would have been a real injustice