Brittany Higgins visibly angry and in tears as Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister accuses her of lying about alleged rape

Brittany Higgins leaves the federal court in Sydney after giving evidence in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Brittany Higgins was at times visibly angry and emotional as she refuted suggestions she lied about her alleged rape and changed her story during cross-examination in the federal court.

Bruce Lehrmann has brought a defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over an interview with Higgins on Ten’s The Project in which she alleged she was raped by a Liberal staffer in Parliament House. Network Ten and Wilkinson are defending the case.