Former staffer Brittany Higgins will no longer be called to take the stand in WA Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds’ defamation lawsuit against her after her lawyers considered it unnecessary.
There are fresh doubts over whether the then-chief of staff of the office that was the scene of the alleged rape will be fit to take the stand in Reynolds’ defamation row.
Ex-political staffer remembers call over whether to alert police to the security breach during which Brittany Higgins later alleged she was raped.
Linda Reynolds’ elderly parents have recalled fearing their daughter would not survive her public breakdown,while revealing they have spent every day since Brittany Higgins’ tell-all interview poring over media coverage.
Recordings reveal how Brittany Higgins confided in TV journalist Lisa Wilkinson about her former boss,Linda Reynolds.
The former prime minister has vigorously defended Linda Reynolds’ handling of Higgins’ rape allegation,and revealed his fears the cover-up accusation would bring fatal consequences.
Linda Reynolds’ long-time partner has laid bare the moment she first suspected she was the victim of a “calculated attack” conceived by her former staffer Brittany Higgins and defended his right to attend Lehrmann’s criminal trial.
It seems that sometimes the most important question is so often forgotten:what is the most decent thing to do?
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds also doubled down on claims the political firestorm surrounding former staffer Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape led to the death of Labor’s Kimberley Kitching.
Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has defended her decision to leak confidential legal letters to the media and her “catty” correspondence with Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister.
Linda Reynolds has defended her decision to leak a top-secret letter about the compensation claim levelled by former staffer Brittany Higgins,insisting she never agreed to being “locked down” by the Commonwealth.