Good afternoon. Bruce Lehrmann has dropped his defamation lawsuit against News Corp, opting instead to settle with the media company.
News Corp said it had not paid any damages and did not apologise for its coverage of Brittany Higgins’s rape allegations, but said the settlement involved the payment of a portion of Lehrmann’s legal costs. That leaves Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, who are represented by separate counsel, alone in arguing the truth defence at any future trial.
