Former Liberal Staffer Bruce Lehrmann is pressing on with his defamation case against network ten and Lisa Wilkinson after agreeing to settle with the ABC. Bruce Lehrmann lodged the case after his trial for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins was abandoned last year.
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00:00 The ABC announcement came as the case opened today, but there are no details of the confidential
00:08 settlement which was reached with no admission of liability.
00:12 The single target of the case is now the project interview when Brittany Higgins revealed her
00:18 allegations to Lisa Wilkinson in 2021.
00:22 Bruce Lehman's lawyer Matthew Richardson told the court his client was easily identifiable
00:28 from Ms Higgins' account, even though he wasn't named, and that had fuelled speculation which
00:34 led to his identification on social media and elsewhere.
00:39 Mr Richardson said his client had been "utterly destroyed" and wants justice from the court.
00:45 Ms Wilkinson and Network 10 deny defaming Mr Lehman and will argue qualified privilege
00:52 and truth in their defence.
00:54 The court has also heard today that Bruce Lehman and Lisa Wilkinson will both be called
01:00 as witnesses.
01:01 The hearing is continuing.
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