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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins testifies; most young Australians voted yes on voice; and ATO apologises for debt recovery letters

Brittany Higgins arrives at the federal court in Sydney
Brittany Higgins arrives at the federal court in Sydney to testify in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Good afternoon. Brittany Higgins broke down in court today as she testified, in graphic detail, about the night she alleges Bruce Lehrmann raped her.

Higgins claimed Lehrmann had been “handsy” with her at a nightclub prior to going to Parliament House, before describing the alleged sexual assault. Higgins told the defamation trial she was very intoxicated when she arrived at parliament, and that she awoke after feeling a pain in her leg and found Lehrmann on top of her “having sex with me”.

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