Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against Ten and Lisa Wilkinson | SBS News

A federal court judge has declared that, on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.
Justice Michael Lee delivered his judgment during the verdict of Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson on Monday.
Lee stressed that his decision was based on the civil standard of proof and not the criminal standard, emphasising the "substantive difference" between the two.
Lehrmann sued Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation based on claims their story about the alleged rape of Higgins in a Parliament House office had identified him as the culprit - even though it did not include his name.
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