Brittany Higgins volunteered to be defamation trial witness as she ‘would not let rapist become a millionaire’, court hears

Higgins also tells court she had ‘no issue’ with a second criminal trial but was ruled out by her medical condition

Brittany Higgins has told the federal court she volunteered to give evidence in any defamation case brought by her alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann because she “would not let my rapist become a millionaire for being a rapist”.

On her final day in the witness box Higgins was asked by Lehrmann’s barrister Steve Whybrow SC why she posted on social media about defending any defamation cases six days after it was announced charges against Lehrmann had been dropped due to fears about her mental health.