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Miklos Bolza

'Limited' chance of Lehrmann paying mammoth legal bill

A judge cast doubt on Bruce Lehrmann's ability to pay court-ordered costs from his defamation trial. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Ten could have very limited prospects of recouping millions in legal costs spent successfully defending a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, a judge says.

The former Liberal staffer had his lawsuit tossed in April when Justice Michael Lee found reports he had raped Brittany Higgins in a parliament house office five years earlier were true, based on the balance of probabilities.

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