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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has hit the ABC with a defamation lawsuit, persevering with his assault in opposition to media corporations who reported on rape claims made by Brittany Higgins.
On Wednesday, Mr Lehrmann filed the case within the Federal Courtroom in opposition to the Australian Broadcasting Company, virtually two months after he hit Channel Ten and Information Life Media, the agency behind Information.com.au, with related lawsuits.
Ms Higgins accused Mr Lehrmann of raping her contained in the Parliament Home workplace of then minister Linda Reynolds, who they each labored for in March 2019.
He denies the allegation, sustaining the pair by no means had any sexual interplay.
A prison trial introduced in opposition to Mr Lehrmann within the ACT Supreme Courtroom was derailed in October due to juror misconduct.
In December, the prosecutor dropped the costs because of impacts a second trial would have on Ms Higgins’ psychological well being.
The regulation scholar’s circumstances in opposition to Ten and Information relate to experiences in February 2021 on The Challenge and Information.com.au concerning the rape allegations.
Former host of The Challenge Lisa Wilkinson and Information.com.au political editor Samantha Maiden are each named within the lawsuits.
The media corporations and Ms Wilkinson try to close down the circumstances, arguing they had been filed exterior of a 12-month window usually required for defamation fits.
Mr Lehrmann argues he couldn’t have filed the circumstances sooner due to the prison expenses, authorized recommendation and for psychological well being causes.
Sydney regulation agency Mark O’Brien Authorized is representing him in all three defamation proceedings.
The ABC didn’t touch upon Wednesday.
-AAP
