Bruce Lehrmann has discontinued defamation action against News Corp in a notice filed on Tuesday at the Federal Court.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will not receive any damages after settling his defamation case over News Corp's coverage of Brittany Higgins' rape allegations.
Mr Lehrmann had filed defamation proceedings against News Life Media, the News Corp subsidiary that publishes News.com.au, over reports in February 2021 on allegations by Brittany Higgins that she was sexually assaulted in Parliament House in 2019.An editor's note attached to the stories now reads: "Bruce Lehrmann commenced defamation proceedings claiming that this article accused him of sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins.
Mr Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence, and maintained the pair never had any sexual interaction. In December, the prosecutor dropped the charges due to impacts a second trial would have on Ms Higgins' mental health.
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