Network Ten has raised questions in court about whether former federal Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann leaked more than 2300 pages of text messages between Brittany Higgins and her former boyfriend to Seven as part an exclusive interview deal.
Under the deal inked in April 2023, Lehrmann agreed to an exclusive interview with Seven, aired in two parts to date in June and August last year, as well as to provide exclusive access to “all information, documents, film, video, photographs, items and assistance reasonably requested by Seven” relevant to the interview.
Collins told the court on Tuesday that there was a question about whether Lehrmann gave Seven 2321 pages of text messages between Higgins and her ex-boyfriend over a period of years. Collins told the court on Tuesday that only some of the material contained in a Federal Police e-brief, provided to Lehrmann in his capacity as the accused in the criminal trial, was confidential and subject to an implied undertaking that it would not be used for a collateral purpose unrelated to that trial.Auerbach’s evidence appears relevant to whether Lehrmann was a credible witness. However, it sheds no light directly on the sexual assault allegation.
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