Linda Reynolds reaches settlement with journalist Aaron Patrick and HarperCollins after suing for defamation

Former minister was seeking damages over book she alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape

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Linda Reynolds has settled with journalist Aaron Patrick and publisher HarperCollins over a book that the former minister alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape.

Reynolds filed a writ against Patrick and the publisher in Western Australia’s supreme court in January, seeking aggravated damages over allegations in the book Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party’s Civil War.

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