I hope the company doing the documentary saw this coming as far out as everyone else saw it coming, and has prepared their lawyers for this. #Lehrmann #BruceLehrmann #GoingBackForHisHat

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/bruce-lehrmann-toowoomba-rape-case-seeks-brittany-higgins-film/106815072

Bruce Lehrmann makes legal bid for Brittany Higgins documentary footage
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/bruce-lehrmann-toowoomba-rape-case-seeks-brittany-higgins-film/106815072

Bruce Lehrmann — a former Liberal Party staffer who's convicted of raping Brittany Higgins and has failed numerous times in court to defend his indefensible actions — is at it again!
This time, he's hounding Brittany Higgins over documentary footage. I presume he hopes this bizarre twist will help him beat two more charges of allegedly raping other victim(s).

#BruceLehrmann #BrittanyHiggins #AusPol

By rejecting his bid for appeal the High Court has made Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case a complete failure
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/high-court-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-case-complete-failure/106548078

Bruce Lehrmann is a rapist and, again, a loser. He's lost another attempt in court to clear his name. It appears this was his final chance with the legal system — he's exhausted all possibilities. Along the way, he's very publicly made himself look like a self-entitled, privileged, nepotistic, drug-abusing, right-wing nut-job, misogynistic rapist.

I don't have much to add, other than sympathy for Brittany Higgins because of the ordeal she's been put through due to Bruce Lehrmann and his rape-excusing supporters in the Liberal Party like the vindictive former senator Linda Reynolds.

#AusPol #BrittanyHiggins #BruceLehrmann #LindaReynolds

https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/the-15-minute-hearing-that-changed-the-reporting-of-bruce-lehrmann-s-queensland-rape-trial-20260407-p5zlyr.html?ref=rss

Reporting on Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape case was suppressed for almost three weeks, it can be revealed, in a now-abandoned bid by the former federal Liberal party staffer to keep his name out of the press.

Lehrmann’s case took a twist during a hearing on March 19 in the District Court in Brisbane, where Judge Deborah Richards made an “extraordinary” order over the press, after his legal team misinterpreted an earlier order.

This masthead can only now report the hearing, which lasted less than 15 minutes and resulted in media being unable to publish anything on Lehrmann’s entire rape case, including the date of his trial, for almost three weeks.

Lehrmann, who is expected to face trial on November 2, is accused of raping a woman after a drug-fuelled night in a Toowoomba nightclub in 2021.

He was committed to stand trial in 2024, with the Crown’s case that the complainant had not consented to sex without a condom. The woman had testified in earlier court proceedings that she told Lehrmann “stop what you are doing” and he consoled her throughout, saying “it’s OK, it’s OK”.

Lehrmann will fight the charges – although he has declined to confirm to the court whether that will be before a jury or if his legal team will make an application for a judge-alone trial, as is their right to do.

Media lawyers for Nine Newspapers, which owns this masthead, News Corp Australia, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation spoke in the brief hearing last month, which related to previous orders that had been made.

Some media outlets, including this masthead, had published a brief update to Lehrmann’s case the afternoon before, detailing upcoming – and routine – court dates.

Lehrmann’s lawyer, Zali Burrows, a high-profile Sydney solicitor who often represents her client remotely in court, told Judge Richards she had interpreted a non-publication order to cover her client’s entire case.

“Ms Burrows,” Richards said. “I think you must have really wanted everything to be a non- publication order from yesterday afternoon.”

Burrows answered: “Yes, that’s how it’s been interpreted.”

Richards ultimately made the call to put a blanket non-publication order on the case until the following Wednesday.

“So, no publication of anything to do with the Lehrmann trial until there’s further discussion on Wednesday,” Richards said, advising media organisations they could make submissions on that date.

It was a move described by legal counsel for Nine Newspapers Larina Alick, who appeared on behalf of the media outlets opposing the non-publication order, as extraordinary.

She said there had been publication of Lehrmann’s case in that previous 24 hours – and indeed, for years.

“There is an element of futility in that order between now and Wednesday,” she told the court in the March hearing.

“If what’s being sought is a non-publication order over what occurred in the courtroom yesterday, that’s a very discrete and confined order that might be appropriate if that’s what’s being sought to be suppressed.

“But if the application is to suppress the entire case from this point in time forwards, that’s extraordinary, I would’ve thought.”

The judge responded: “It may well be extraordinary, I don’t know what the application is yet. But I don’t see any harm in media not reporting this between Thursday and Wednesday. It’s less than a week.”

Richards clarified that she did not believe the media had breached any order.

“I think Ms Burrows thought that it was a wider order than it in fact was,” Richards said.

Richards continued: “As I say, I don’t think it’s unreasonable at this stage for there to be no publication between now and Wednesday when the matter’s heard.”

But that period was ultimately extended when Lehrmann failed to file his application documents by March 23, and then failed to meet a second deadline of April 2.

As such, the media remained under a non-publication order until this Tuesday, April 7.

Last Thursday, just one hour before the court closed for the Easter long weekend, Lehrmann abandoned his application to keep the suppression going.

Lawyers for the media outlets asked the judge to make an order in chambers immediately to lift the suppression, but the reporting restrictions were not lifted until Tuesday afternoon.

This allowed the media to report on the case, and Lehrmann’s upcoming dates.

The suppression is not the first in Lehrmann’s case. In the early stages, when Queensland laws changed to allow accused rapists to be named before they were committed to trial, Lehrmann’s lawyers fought for suppression orders to prevent him from being outed as the “high-profile man charged with rape in Toowoomba”.

But Justice Peter Applegarth ultimately ruled in late 2023 that Lehrmann should be identified. His bid to avoid being identified on mental health grounds was undermined by his comments in several national TV interviews, Applegarth found.

#auspol #rape #rapist #BruceLehrmann

At least until the owner tries to sue the car for defamation, then all bets are off. 🤨

#auspol #BruceLehrmann https://aus.social/@Qldaah/115659594108476963

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Bruce Lerhmann lost his defamation case appeal.

Such a fucking loser.

I'll never not repost this headline.

#BruceLehrmann #Men #Sexism #RapeCulture #ToxicMasculinity #ViolenceAgainstWomen #VAW #GenderedViolence #Rape #SexualAssault

Bruce Lehrmann loses appeal against failed defamation case ruling
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/live-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-appeal-finding/106090370

Convicted rapist and Liberal Party staffer, Bruce Lehrmann, has lost another court case. He was trying to undo the court's earlier decision that journalist Lisa Wilkinson and her employer, Network Ten, were reporting the news truthfully when they stated he had raped Brittany Higgins in 2019. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that the Truth Defence in a Defamation case is difficult to pull-off in Australia, yet they managed it because the facts were so clear. Furthermore, it's now safe to say that Bruce Lehrmann deserves his reputation as a rapist, Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten didn't harm his reputation, and any reputational harm he's incurred has been self-inflicted.

In this fresh loss for the politically-protected, right-wing rapist, the court added to the damning record of Bruce Lehrmann:
- In a bizarre backflip from earlier claiming he didn't rape Brittany Higgins, this time he tried to downplay his crimes by asserting he committed rape in a "non-violent" fashion. The court said it didn't make a lot of difference for the Truth Defence; however you look at it, he's still a rapist.
- He should pay legal costs for Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten for this case.
- He still owes $2 Million for legal costs for Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten for previous losses.

#AusPol #BruceLehrmann #BrittanyHiggins