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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Network Ten producer tells Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial he ‘did not have proof’ of some claims in ‘explosive’ Brittany Higgins story

Lisa Wilkinson arrives to the Federal Court of Australia
Lisa Wilkinson’s texts were released by the federal court on Wednesday ahead of her expected two-day testimony in the witness box. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Lisa Wilkinson believed The Project had an “explosive political story” after being pitched an “extraordinary cover-up”, but her producer has admitted in court he did not have proof of some of the key claims.

The Project claimed in a 2021 broadcast that Brittany Higgins was “forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice” after she was allegedly raped in 2019 by a Liberal staffer on senator Linda Reynolds’ couch in Parliament House.

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