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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Caitlin Cassidy

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers call for substantial damages despite ‘unsatisfactory’ evidence in defamation case

Bruce Lehmann (left) Lisa Wilkinson (centre) and Brittany Higgins.
Bruce Lehrmann is suing Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten over an interview with Brittany Higgins broadcast on The Project in 2021. Composite: AAP

Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team has accepted their client’s evidence in his defamation trial against Network Ten was “in a number of respects unsatisfactory”, but not to the extent that he is a “compulsive liar” or had raped Brittany Higgins, newly released documents reveal.

In written closing submissions released by the federal court on Friday, Lehrmann’s legal team also said the defence “significantly and unfairly” overstated the “acknowledged problems” with parts of his evidence.

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