Litigation Fail! Bruce Lehrmann’s Defamation Judgement

[@HelenBell-f4c]

On the balance of probabilities this guy needs to appeal this farce as soon as possible. Something definitely wrong here.🤔

[@stewatparkpark2933]

There is no evidence of a crime . If there was he would have been convicted criminally . The complainant was caught out lying multiple times .

[@James-el6lj]

I agree.

[@Quiz261Grl]

The criminal trial was cut short

[@James-el6lj]

@@Quiz261Grl DPP discontinued the charges. Bruce remains innocent.

[@Quiz261Grl]

@@James-el6lj no, the first trial was aborted due to juror misconduct. Plans for a retrial were abandoned due to the serious concerns of the impact on Ms Higgins’ mental health. Get your facts straight. He’s has another rape trial in Toowoomba coming up.

[@beeble2003]

"There is no evidence of a crime . If there was he would have been convicted criminally" Criminal conviction requires "evidence beyond reasonable doubt", not just "evidence."

[@burmesepython393]

Why have all Australian TV channels blocked comments?

[@leoniekennedy6925]

The whole political cover up allegation was rejected by Justice Lee so his findings on that aspect must therefore impact the WA defamation action.

[@annelally]

​@genderstudiesreview5012They would have taken millions.

[@croweater3638]

So glad I found your channel. There are lots of American legal channels but few Australian. Keep the content coming.

[@philliplipple1799]

Lots more to come. Some guilty parties have yet to pay the price for their actions.

[@chrislim7615]

Just a thought,if some1 had a traumatised act happen 2them?!!Min:Reynolds indicated during the foll.wk(she wore the same)white,dress???Wouldn't she want 2burn it or keep it 4evidence(like a famous)intern did 2prove case!

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Yeah , caught out lying multiple times .

[@tereseatkinson2043]

Great outcome. He is vile.

[@TheLeatheryman]

She knew what she was there for

[@James-el6lj]

so are u.

[@Johnninham-ur1dr]

'Judge has him on a guilt trip, where lack of evidence was devalued favourably!'

[@Ken-er9cq]

Where it goes now will depend on Lehrmann’s lawyers, because the only way they can be paid is if there is a successful appeal. Reynolds case is based on Higgins statement about a coverup, so has no relationship to whether or not Higgins was raped. I think it was a case of how much money Higgins was prepared to pay. Fiona Brown also has a case against Higgins, which looks like a winner. It is interesting that they don’t have cases against Wilkinson/Ten but maybe they paid up. Brown is looking the person who was most defamed, and may also have a case against the Commonwealth for workers comp.

[@moviesynopsis001]

I have a wierd feeling that hes actually innocent after seeing how terrible her evidence was and how personal that judge was. I tell all men that go near women nowadays to sign a waiver especially if going to a secluded area. It used to only be celebrities like leonardo dicaprio that had to get women to sign these papers, but now gold diggers are attacking your average income earners

[@chrislim7615]

Also looking at the video that nite(she seem 2b eagerly)walking towards:P.Hse*

[@stewatparkpark2933]

And didn't appear drunk . Stood stock still waiting for the lift .

[@HelenBell-f4c]

Yes I wonder how the judge formed the opinion she was drunk!. Looked like she could walk I tight rope while taking of a shoe heading down the hall. And guess what Bruce wasn't holdingup a legless girl up on the way to the office. Where do you get intoxicated in the "balance of probabilities".

[@Timelord774]

The main result from this episode is to confirm that the lowest and most unreliable humans that walk among us are politicians, the people who work for politicians and journalists. You would not trust a word that comes out of the mouth of any of them.

[@richardharris885]

I wonder if Mr Leirhmann now tagged as a rapist whether if he wasnt privileged white and a staff member of parliament house - whether he would have being locked up long ago - instead of being able to plead his case as long as he has and with the support of some big spenders - just a thought

[@phil4977]

This is just dragging on and on. There are much bigger issues and problems in this country than the saga of two unattractive office workers on a Friday night.

[@patrolgirl2006]

There is alot more to this than we will never know about.

[@seanlander9321]

The litigation hasn’t even made it to the half way mark.

[@petethundabox5067]

😂 You mean IF he appeals.

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

Old Bruce is a bit of a swinger, doesn't like it when his odd behaviour and bullshiting is found out.

[@petethundabox5067]

@@JohnJohn-zn8ib as the judge said "A cad". (Not to mention that he's now judged to be a r*pist, and facing a 2nd separate case). Really, he's just a POS.

[@djanitatiana]

@@petethundabox5067 He'll appeal. Fmr Supreme Court judge Anthony Whealy pointed out there is plenty of issues around Lee's finding on consent to appeal, for a relatively small cost against the burden Lehrmann is currently facing.

[@petethundabox5067]

@@djanitatiana IF he can afford it. He might get costs first, that will bankrupt him, and, an appeal can be ruled on in 1 day. So the original comment in this thread is pure speculation.

[@James-el6lj]

I strongly disagree with Lee 's decision. I cannot see how there was a rape.

[@chrislim7615]

Soo stranger cos if they're seen kissing outside:88 n:BH was seen skipping towards:P office(dowsn't look drunk)at all

[@stewatparkpark2933]

You got it .

[@Quiz261Grl]

Why then was she found crashed on the couch partially dressed. Lehrmann nowhere to be found. He’s a dog.

[@arthurwatts1680]

Lehrmann went back for his hat and we know how that worked out but for me the question is who the hell is paying HIS lawyers, much less the other litigants. We know Kerry Stokes paid for Roberts-Smith defamation case but for Lehrmann to march into that court without 8-10 million dollars (the estimates being thrown around for all the lawyers involved in the case) strikes me as a joke.

[@karenm7449]

After all this I still don't know who or what to believe. I don't understand why the compensation was awarded before the legal process was concluded. It feels like there is a lot more to the story than has been revealed, and because it happened in Canberra, perhaps the whole truth will never be known.

[@Quiz261Grl]

Because the then government probably believed she was raped at Parliament House.

[@Kath-C]

@Truthseeker371. Her going back to the work place has nothing to do with what HE did….committed an act that was not consented to. That’s the whole point. It’s the going back for his hat.

[@9valleyboy]

Hope Reynolds keeps going with her defamation case. She will be exposed for her involvement as well.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

She is a victim of the lies .

[@9valleyboy]

@@stewatparkpark2933 Not quite true. But it sounds like a good defence for the right wing misogynistic grubs. “The Department of Finance, which is the administrator for ministers' offices, told 9News it arranged "for an additional clean" after being advised by DPS "staff had accessed Minister Reynolds' office after hours". Funny how it was only Reynolds office that got an “additional steam clean”

[@KlausT]

Hubris on their part.

[@chrislim7615]

Stranger things had happened cos u don"t get the idea that wht actually happened??!!Who really gies 2office,maybe some ppl do(dows not wear nickers)2

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Yeah , caught out lying many many times .

[@habeascorpus1]

Where's the proof of rape??? Is balance of PROBABILITIES really proof??? What if you YOU were found guilty under balance of PROBABILITIES and you were innocent??? Would you be be gloating and waving the flag of justice???

[@Shards7800]

Mate! You’re kidding yourself! He’s a rapist!

[@blackscorpion-h8i]

This was a civil case not a criminal one

[@habeascorpus1]

@@blackscorpion-h8i The case was held in a federal court and ruled by a federal court judge. I don't quite understand how it was a civil case. Regardless, the fact remains the same. I'm not saying he did not do it. I don't know. But the balance of PROBABILITIES does not prove he did it.

[@djanitatiana]

The media shouldn't be calling him a rapist technically, since he was not found guilty in a criminal court, but since the findings of this civil case established the balance of probabilities (at this point, we'll see if he appeals) then he won't really be able to do anything about it, he certainly can't sue them for libel. Shows the society we currently live in.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Exactly . There was no evidence presented at the criminal trial of any sex actually occurring .

[@ray.shoesmith]

He's still got another pending rape trial in Toowoomba to face yet. Bruiser may find himself getting turned from offender to deeply offended

[@Truthseeker371]

The central issue is consential sex or not. It was the case that happened at a very particular place, the Parliament House, but the crime per se was the question of rape or consential sex, nothing more critical than that. However, the case involved an extraordinarily huge payout, the one sided media report, and defamation cases involving mostly everyone concerned. Who is the biggest loser? The tax payers. Punishment for sexual seduction may have to be considered to prevent unreasonable cases in the future. Finally, it still bothers me why the "victim" followed the offender to the workplace where it was clear the entry was out of the hours.

[@gokartpete]

Higgin's story stinks to high heaven. She was clearly focused on avoiding losing her job/reputation in the beginning, and I think she started to lean into a small lie to protect herself and then it snowballed and opportunists got in her ear. And that's not to say Bruce is an angel, he was extremely dumb and lied on a number of things, plus he was cheating on his gf, but that doesn't mean the sex wasn't consensual.

[@ChantalsBackPain]

You sound like a Rapist supporter. Didn't you watch the hearings?? He pushed double shots on her all night. As justice Lee said. He could have gone home yo his girlfriend but instead took a very Drunk Young woman to Parliament house. Doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out why.

[@suebeau6575]

SERIOYSLY??? how little it seems you understand about the whole scenario! Consensual sex it wasn't - it WAS a R@PE as per Justice Lee .. and - What has this got to do with tax payers? Listen to the podcast... Not a whisper about tax payers footing anything! Brittany had a workplace injury.

[@Shards7800]

Truth seeker you’re clearly influenced by Sky news and the ABC. As your name suggest go find information, it is out there.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

There was no evidence of sex occurring .

[@kristin_NZ]

Lance Armstrong another one who own goaled the same way.

[@timp1390]

Ben Roberts Smith

[@chrislim7615]

How sad that even it'd 4good intention,it back fired on:BL yeh

[@annelally]

Sorry but may of the things said in this interview are not true. Defamation cases do not always fail. Case in point being Geoffrey Rush. Also, Higgins' payout was not for the rape. It was on the basis of the claim that she was not supported. That was disproven in this case!

[@blackscorpion-h8i]

I knew he was guilty all along , should be in jail.

[@chrislim7615]

Could it be allegedly(she was embaressed)cos she passed out,found by security!!!Then decided something must've happened?!!So 2save face say*

[@stewatparkpark2933]

@@chrislim7615 Yeah , it only came out when she was about to be sacked from her " dream job that she had worked her whole life to get " .

[@James-el6lj]

so should u.

[@blackscorpion-h8i]

@@James-el6lj on your way fool

[@JimboJones-qn4wd]

Lehrmann should have been asked to put up security for costs, or the case shouldn't have proceeded! I don't understand why the defendants didn't ask for that right from the beginning, or maybe they did and I just didn't hear about it. HE KICKED HIMSELF IN THE NUTS IN THE END. If Lehrmann does appeal, then they should definitely ask for SECURITY FOR COSTS.

[@ChantalsBackPain]

You are way off track mate. Numerous women have come forward and accused Lehrmann. Toowoomba next ,June 17. Ffs

[@James-el6lj]

copy cat fake allegations.

[@Greyman-x6d]

Exactly like $A$ dude!