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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Steve Evans

'Quashed the false notion': Sex Discrimination Commissioner welcomes Lehrmann judgement

Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner has welcomed the ruling in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial against Network Ten.

Anna Cody said that Justice Michael Lee had "dispelled damaging myths about rape and consent".

He had, Dr Cody said, "quashed the false notion that a victim of sexual assault must behave in a 'typical' way".

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