Bruce Lehrmann trial: The ‘perverse universe’ and Taylor Auerbach's final blows in court (Podcast)

Seven’s Spotlight team operates in a “perverse universe” in which ­former producer Taylor Auerbach was not sacked for spending ­thousands of company dollars on “illicit activities” for Bruce Lehrmann while trying to claim his ­exclusive interview rights, but instead was instructed by his boss to cover up the misdeed, the Federal Court has heard.
Justice Michael Lee on Friday afternoon described Auerbach, who this week blew up the defamation case of Mr Lehrmann, Network 10 and presenter Lisa Wilkinson, as a man who wants to do “much damage” to his former employer, the Seven network.
Justice Lee has now retired to finish writing his judgment in the matter, and determine whether Ten and Wilkinson defamed the former Liberal staffer when conducting an interview with Brittany Higgins on The Project in which she claimed she was raped in Parliament House but did not name Mr Lehrmann as the alleged ­attacker. Ten this week successfully ­applied to reopen its case after ­Auerbach signed affidavits claiming Seven gave Mr Lehrmann ­expensive perks to persuade him to sign over his exclusive interview rights last year.
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