
CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape.
Brittany Higgins has released a statement on Instagram following the revelation that Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann was the high-profile Queensland man charged with two counts of rape for an incident that allegedly occurred in October 2021. Higgins’ statement comes after she had previously accused Lehrmann of rape in 2019 before the case, and the charges against Lehrmann were dropped in 2022.