Court hears former Liberal staffer, who has pleaded not guilty, told police neither he nor Higgins was very drunk when they went to Parliament House in the early hours of the morning
Lehrmann had ‘no urgent work’ at parliament, court toldHiggins seemed ‘broken’ after alleged rape, court toldPM’s office was told 11 days after event, court told
Bruce Lehrmann told police he thought he was being a “gentleman” by sharing an Uber back to Parliament House with the colleague he is accused of raping, Brittany Higgins, and said he “wouldn’t dream” of going into the office of his then minister Linda Reynolds, where the assault is alleged to have occurred.
The ACT supreme court heard from Lehrmann for the first time on Tuesday, via a recording of his interview with police, played as part of the prosecution case. The interview was conducted in April 2021 after Higgins went public with her allegations that Lehrmann raped her on a couch next to the desk of then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds.
Continue reading…Court hears former Liberal staffer, who has pleaded not guilty, told police neither he nor Higgins was very drunk when they went to Parliament House in the early hours of the morningLehrmann had ‘no urgent work’ at parliament, court toldHiggins seemed ‘broken’ after alleged rape, court toldPM’s office was told 11 days after event, court toldBruce Lehrmann told police he thought he was being a “gentleman” by sharing an Uber back to Parliament House with the colleague he is accused of raping, Brittany Higgins, and said he “wouldn’t dream” of going into the office of his then minister Linda Reynolds, where the assault is alleged to have occurred.The ACT supreme court heard from Lehrmann for the first time on Tuesday, via a recording of his interview with police, played as part of the prosecution case. The interview was conducted in April 2021 after Higgins went public with her allegations that Lehrmann raped her on a couch next to the desk of then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds. Continue reading…