Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Australia’s Seven West Media and its Seven network may risk reputational damage following Federal Court revelations in Sydney on Thursday and Friday.
The defamation case was brought by former Liberal Party political aide Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.
It does not directly involve Seven. Lehrmann was tried in court in 2022 over the alleged rape of another political aide, Brittany Higgins, in Canberra in 2021.
But the case and a retrial were abandoned with no findings against him. Lehrmann’s defamation case alleges that Network 10 and Wilkinson have made false claims that he raped Higgins.
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