Network Ten producer tells Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial he ‘did not have proof’ of some claims in ‘explosive’ Brittany Higgins story

Released text messages show Lisa Wilkinson believed The Project had an political story of an ‘extraordinary coverup’

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Lisa Wilkinson believed the Project had an “explosive political story” after being pitched an “extraordinary coverup”, but her producer has admitted in court he did not have proof of some of the key claims.

The Project claimed in a 2021 broadcast that Brittany Higgins was “forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice” after she was allegedly raped in 2019 by a Liberal staffer on senator Linda Reynolds’ couch in Parliament House.

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