Brittany Higgins says she feels she can ‘breathe again’ after Bruce Lehrmann defamation appeal dismissed

<p>Former political staffer says Lehrmann’s extended defamation action against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson was ‘retraumatising’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/04/australia-news-live-senate-estimates-national-fiscal-outlook-labor-coalition-cost-of-living-victoria-public-service-cuts-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Brittany Higgins says she feels she can “breathe again” after Bruce Lehrmann lost his high-profile appeal against a defamation decision that found he raped her.</p><p>The disgraced former Liberal staffer had sued Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation over an interview with Brittany Higgins on The Project in 2021 in which she claimed she had been raped.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/04/brittany-higgins-says-she-feels-she-can-breathe-again-after-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-appeal-dismissed-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

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