After losing his defamation case to Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson , Bruce Lehrmann has also agreed to pay the legal costs of the journalist’s husband, Peter FitzSimons.
The court previously heard that Ms Higgins had been paid $108,000 for an advance for a book deal and would have received another $216,000 from Penguin Random House when she completed the project. She would have been paid $325,000 for the book, according to the agreement which was signed in March 2021.
“Mr Lehrmann brought this proceeding on a deliberately wicked and calculated basis,” Network 10’s barrister Dr Matt Collins said in his submissions. Dr Collins said in his submission that Ten and Ms Wilkinson had made a “walk away” offer of compromise, that would have seen the proceedings dismissed with no admission of liability, and no order as to costs.“Mr Lehrmann rejected the offer less than two hours after it was made,” Dr Collins said.
Ms Wilkinson and Network Ten have argued Lehrmann should be ordered to cover all their legal costs. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard
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