Breaking: Bruce Lehrmann has discontinued his defamation case against News Corp after the parties reached an out-of-court settlement.
Former federal Liberal political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has dropped his defamation case against News Corp after the parties reached an out-of-court settlement.Bruce Lehrmann has maintained his innocence over rape allegations he faced, which were discontinued last year.The news.com.
“These proceedings were discontinued and settled on terms satisfactory to Mr Lehrmann and the publisher of this website. “News.com.au notes that a criminal charge of sexual assault was brought against Mr Lehrmann and later dropped. News.com.au does not suggest that he was guilty of that charge.”against Ten and News Corp in February over interviews with his former colleague Higgins onThe proceedings were set to be heard together, and Federal Court Justice Michael Lee had raised the prospect of a jury being empanelled to determine factual issues in the case.News.com.
“A contribution has been made to his legal costs following his successful application to the Federal Court to extend the limitation period to launch defamation action,” the article said. “Muxworthy said news.com.au stands by the reporting which examined how Ms Higgins’ allegation was handled by political leaders and institutions and the fallout that followed.”
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