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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Dean Levitan

If Bruce Lehrmann proceeds with defamation action, how would it differ from the aborted criminal case?

Bruce Lehrmann outside the supreme court in Canberra in October 2022
Bruce Lehrmann reportedly has his sights set on possible defamation action against media outlets and personalities, including the ABC and Lisa Wilkinson. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Less than a week after criminal charges against him were dropped, Bruce Lehrmann now reportedly has his sights set on a series of possible defamation actions against media outlets and prominent personalities, including Network Ten, the ABC and Lisa Wilkinson.

The differences between the recently aborted criminal case, and the foreshadowed defamation case, are vast and significant, but I’ll attempt to summarise some of them in the next 800 words.

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