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Adelaide Lang

Lehrmann called 'national joke' on return to lion's den

Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer says he has become probably "the most damaged man in Australia". (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Bruce Lehrmann has challenged damning findings from a landmark defamation case, arguing not all rape is violent as his tattered reputation takes another beating. 

The former federal political staffer is appealing his loss to Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, whom he sued over an interview they conducted with his former colleague Brittany Higgins on The Project in 2021.

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