Tag: defamation trial
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Senator’s lawyer had tried to help accused rapist Lehrmann during criminal trial
The senator is suing her former staffer Ms Higgins – who is defending the claim – over social media posts the ex-defence minister believes damaged her reputation. Ms Higgins’ lawyer told a Perth court the senator communicated with Mr Lehrmann’s defence Steve Whybrow before and during his aborted criminal trial. “What those 21 messages show…
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Brittany angers Senator by sending social posts while court is hearing evidence
Ms Higgins is being sued over a series of social media posts containing alleged mistruths the former defence minister believes have damaged her reputation. Lawyer Martin Bennett told the court after Senator Reynolds finished her first day in the witness box Ms Higgins, who is in France, had posted on Instagram while her former boss…
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Ben Roberts-Smith tells of ‘heartbreak’ over war crimes allegations
Roberts-Smith, 42, is suing the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times over media reports from 2018 that he says depicted him as a criminal who broke moral and legal rules of military engagement in Afghanistan. He is also suing over reports alleging he assaulted a woman in a Canberra…