Linda Reynolds has accused Mark Dreyfus of “stitching her up” during the settlement of former staffer Brittany Higgins’ compensation claim.
Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has accused Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus of “stitching her up” during the settlement of former staffer Brittany Higgins’ compensation claim while defending her decision to leak confidential legal letters to the media.
“Did I want Ms Albrechtsen to know I had not had the ability to defend claims? Yes, I was incredibly angry because I could see the Attorney-General of this country was stitching me up on allegations I had not seen and believed had expired,” Reynolds told the court.“I had no expectation of how she would write it, I just provided evidence of corruption, and she could report that as she saw fit.”
“You wanted it publicly known as to your truth about the handling of the rape allegation. You wanted Higgins to be publicly questioned about her version of events,” Young put to Reynolds. Young suggested could only have been aimed at further denigrating the pair in the media, but Reynolds rejected the claim.interview with Lehrmann, including a clip where she agreed the former staffer had been paid millions in compensation on the basis of “a crime which may not have been committed”.reporter Liam Bartlett she disbelieved Higgins’ rape allegation, arguing it was simply how the excerpt of her interview had been cut in post-production.
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