Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: closing arguments begin on penultimate day of hearing

Lehrmann has sued Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten for defamation in the federal court of Australia over Brittany Higgins interview on The Project

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Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team will make its closing arguments today in the federal court on day 20 of the high-profile defamation trial he brought against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

His barrister Matthew Richardson SC has argued that Brittany Higgins was canonised by Ten and Wilkinson when she alleged she had been raped by a colleague in Parliament House in Canberra.