Senator Linda Reynolds did not always believe Brittany Higgins had been raped and even attempted to 'smear' her former staffer to cast doubt on her credibility, court defamation proceedings are told.
Brittany Higgins 's lawyer has told a court Senator Linda Reynolds did not always believe her former staffer had been raped and even attempted to "smear" her to cast doubt on her credibility.
The posts were made four years after the young woman was raped in Senator Reynolds's parliamentary office by her colleague Bruce Lehrmann. "To say, in effect, Ms Higgins received a coffee and was doing something friendly with Mr Lehrmann after the rape … … attempt to smear Ms Higgins by suggesting the rape did not happen," she said.She said although the court had heard evidence about how Senator Reynolds had suffered in the wake of the rape allegations, "without question, though, the heaviest burden has and will continue to be carried by Ms Higgins".
She disputed the merit of Ms Higgins's $2.4 million Commonwealth compensation payment, despite claiming to be only concerned about the process of how the settlement was reached, Ms Young said. This included an email containing personal information about the support Ms Higgins had been provided with and another email revealing her partner Mr Sharaz had left his job at a radio station.
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