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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty in Sydney

Sex, drugs and a perverse universe: the ‘sordid’ defamation trial gripping Australia

Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s (right) interview of Brittany Higgins on Network Ten.
Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s (right) interview of Brittany Higgins on Network Ten. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Allegations of more than $10,000 for cocaine, fine dining, rounds of golf, massages and sex workers in exchange for a television interview.

The leaking of an alleged rape victim’s private text messages to national media.

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