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Sam McKeith

Bruise may not have been from alleged rape: Higgins

Brittany Higgins said the bruise in a photo given to media might have been from falling up stairs. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Brittany Higgins has told a court a bruise on her leg, captured in a photo and provided to media, could have been from falling up stairs and not an alleged assault by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

Ms Higgins testified in Federal Court on Friday for a fourth day as part of Network Ten's truth defence to allegations by Lehrmann a February 2021 report, which aired claims of the alleged rape, was defamatory.

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