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Miklos Bolza

Bruce Lehrmann fights $2m bankruptcy threat with appeal

Bruce Lehrmann wants to delay paying $2 million in legal costs while appealing his defamation loss. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Bruce Lehrmann faces a dual-pronged attack by Network Ten as he fights to stave off bankruptcy over a $2 million legal bill from his failed defamation case.

The 29-year-old's lawyer on Thursday foreshadowed he would try postpone a court order forcing him to pay Ten's hefty bill as he appealed against his dramatic legal loss, including findings he raped Brittany Higgins.

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