Bruce Lehrmann’s attempt to overturn the defamation finding related to Brittany Higgins’ interview with Lisa Wilkins on Channel 10’s The Project has faced challenges, as Federal Court judges question the grounds of his appeal.
The former Liberal staffer’s defamation claim failed after Justice Michael Lee found last year, on the balance of probabilities, Mr Lehrmann had raped Ms Higgins.
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