Linda Reynolds welcomes Brittany Higgins’ ‘olive branch’ but says without concessions she will go to trial

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Reynolds says if ‘Higgins does not accept Justice Lee’s findings on the claims of coverup and mistreatment … it will have to be proved again in our trial’

Linda Reynolds says she appreciates Brittany Higgins’s apology and hopes ‘Justice Lee’s findings in relation to Ms Higgins’ allegation of rape will give her peace’.Linda Reynolds says she appreciates Brittany Higgins’s apology and hopes ‘Justice Lee’s findings in relation to Ms Higgins’ allegation of rape will give her peace’.

Reynolds responded to the apology on Sunday evening in a statement, saying: “I appreciate Ms Higgins’s apology, not only to me but also to Fiona Brown. I sincerely hope that Justice Lee’s findings in relation to Ms Higgins’ allegation of rape will give her peace.” But she said the fight to defend her reputation against allegations she had “failed to support Ms Higgins but subjected her to a dreadful and damaging political coverup” came at “enormous emotional and financial cost”.

“What still lies between us are not different perceptions. It is a fact that Ms Higgins received our support and that there was no cover up. The common ground we now find must be based on the truth,” Reynolds said.“If Ms Higgins does not accept Justice Lee’s findings on the claims of coverup and mistreatment then, regrettably, it will have to be proved again in our trial set for July this year.”

 

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