Channel Seven paid $4,000 a fortnight in rent for Bruce Lehrmann interview, documents reveal

Document uploaded by the federal court suggests former Liberal staffer’s deal with the network may be worth $104,000

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Channel Seven paid Bruce Lehrmann’s fortnightly rent of $4,000 for a period in June for exclusive access to the former Liberal staffer, according to documents uploaded by the federal court.

Seven agreed in a separate exclusivity document, which was also uploaded on Tuesday, to pay Lehrmann’s rent for 12 months in return for exclusive access to him from mid-2023 to mid-2024.

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