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Miklos Bolza

'Deal of the century': Lehrmann hit with $2m legal bill

Network Ten agreed to discount the funds it was seeking from Bruce Lehrmann. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Bruce Lehrmann is a step closer to bankruptcy having been ordered to pay $2 million to Ten in what his lawyer says might be the "deal of the century" after a spectacular defamation loss.

The 29-year-old is unlikely to ever hand over the sum after a judge noted he was "a man of modest means" with little ability to pay.

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