Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: Channel Seven reimbursed Lehrmann for drugs and sex workers, court documents allege

Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s interview of Brittany Higgins on Channel Ten, but the case has been reopened.Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s interview of Brittany Higgins on Channel Ten, but the case has been reopened.

Auerbach also alleges in his affidavit that Lehrmann paid for illicit drugs and sex workers after an after-dinner meeting at the Meriton Sydney on 5 January 2023. Auerbach claims Lehrmann was reimbursed by Seven through “per diems” via invoice emailed to a Spotlight staff member in the days after his departure from Sydney.Read more

Auerbach’s testimony also alleged Lehrmann may have handed confidential documents he had received in his criminal trial to the Spotlight program. Auerbach claimed Lehrmann lied when he rebuked allegations a Seven credit card was used to book a Thai masseuse. He said he was “aggrieved” to read the media reports, which he claimed led to the termination of his employment as an investigative reporter with Sky News Australia.

He said after his employment expired in August 2023, he made a claim against Seven for psychological injury which was settled confidentially.He said while a former Liberal party strategist and friend of Lehrmann, John MacGowan, was “present” on the evening of the Thai massage charges, “he did not benefit” from them and left soon after the masseuses arrived.“The claims in the affidavits have been presented unchallenged,” a spokesperson said.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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