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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amanda Meade

Channel Ten wins bid to present fresh evidence in Lehrmann defamation case

Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s interview of Brittany Higgins on Network Ten.
Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s interview of Brittany Higgins on Network Ten. Photograph: AAP/Getty/Guardian design

Justice Michael Lee will allow Channel Ten to present additional evidence in its defence of the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, delaying the judgment until next week.

The case will be reopened and the evidence of a new witness, former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach, will now be tested on Thursday, the day the judgment was to have been handed down.

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