Thought you might be interested in a one-sided, factually-deficient Washington Post story about the Higgins case: "A rape took place in Parliament, judge rules in case that consumed Australia" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/australia-parliament-rape-brittany-higgins/). I'm thinking of writing a letter to the story's author to complain about the inaccuracies in her article, but thought you might be interested as well.
The latest news that that the civil case for "Libel" will become a de facto rape trial.
So sadly this is not over by a long shot and I think Ten and Lisa might just find that attempt to make the Libel case into a de facto rape trial, may backfire on them.
An innocent man is not to be made the victim of a grotesque perversion of justice because his false accuser is mentally ill and may be at risk of harm? I have got that right, haven't I? I haven't got things hopelessly wrong, have I?
"Great news. The Brittany Higgins case is over" well not according to the latest articles published in The Australian!
This, I will call a soap opera, looks like playing out for a number of years to come. Little bits of information will be slowly drip-fed to the public, mostly I think because of the search for factual information.
Bruce's latest lodging of a complaint against the DPP, confirms my suspicions that somewhere there is outside undue influence.
But the point of the enquiry, will it be impartial in finding fact? or will it be just an exercise in white washing?
I had a witness to a Royal Commission once say to me, that they never asked him the essential question that would have changed the outcome of that Royal Commission.
Sadly this case is not over and perhaps will not be over for many years to come. I really feel sorry for both Higgins and Lehrmann, more so Lehrmann. This case has taken on a life of its own; both are now just passengers being swept along with the current.
The waters are so muddied and how it has escalated into he said and he said between the police and the director of public prosecutions.
In the Australian today Janet wrote;
"The inquiry needs to explore why Moller’s name is on the summons to charge Lehrmann. The Australian understands it is most unusual for a police officer of Moller’s rank to sign a summons."
If political interference is a fact in this case as alleged, then I imagine some people will be ducking and weaving to cover their backsides.
Sadly inquiries and only as good as the questions that get asked. Avoid the difficult, incrimination questions to predetermine the outcome, and there was no bias or political interference.
This story can be spun however one wants. Prosecution can lay the blame on police & cherry pick evidence, this works both ways. I have seen prosecution in Queensland omit much of the evidence and use only what looks good for the alleged victim. What astounds me how quickly Information has been released to detract from Prosecution, usually media take months or years to get information.
Brittany Higgins has issued a determined vow from her hospital bed that she will testify against Bruce Lehrmann if he sues Lisa Wilkinson and Channel 10 for defamation. The former Liberal staffer spent her 29th birthday in a Queensland mental health clinic on Wednesday, less than a week after the alleged sexual assault charge against her former colleague was dropped. Daily Mail Australia revealed on Tuesday Mr Lehrmann is considering whether to sue Wilkinson, the production company behind The Project (Rove McManus's Roving Enterprises), Network Ten and parent company Paramount. Ms Higgins first alleged she was raped by a 'male colleague' during a TV interview on The Project with Ms Wilkinson in February 2021, which later won the current affairs program a Logie. Ms Higgins responded to the news on Wednesday night when she vowed to testify to her version of events in court. Lehrmann has always strenuously denied Ms Higgins claims.
This case is not over . It is really about to start . The Pot of Lawyer Gold will now open . Higgins should be charged on numerous counts , mainly Contempt of Court .
I'm deleting a few comments because most of the media is very nervous and not allowing any commentary at all on all this. Obviously everyone is worried about the current ligitious climate.
More information about possible defamation action from Bruce Lehrmann from The Australian:
Mr Lehrmann, now living in Tasmania, is understood to be giving “strong consideration” to filing lawsuits against several media companies, Twitter identities, and Mr Drumgold. Those in the firing line include Ms Wilkinson personally; the producers of The Project, Roving Enterprises, owned by comedian Rove McManus; and Network Ten and its parent company Paramount....
The ABC is likely to be sued by Mr Lehrmann over comments during the National Press Club appearance in February by Ms Higgins and Grace Tame, as well as the content of various news and current affairs programs.
Several newspapers, including The Australian, may also be issued with concerns notices.
Other possible targets include “eminent individuals” who tweeted or shared the emotional speech Ms Higgins made outside the ACT Supreme Court in October after Chief Justice Lucy McCallum aborted the trial over juror misconduct.
Media outlets who ran the speech in full or those parts of it that went to the truth of Ms Higgins’ allegations are in the frame.
Mr Lehrmann is also considering action against Mr Drumgold over his press conference last Friday, in which he withdrew the charges against Mr Lehrmann, but reiterated his belief that there were “reasonable prospects” for a conviction.
Mr Lehrmann is understood to be separately considering lodging a formal professional complaint against Mr Drumgold over those remarks, which have drawn criticism from senior legal figures for “simultaneously withdrawing a criminal prosecution in the court and then trying to continue it in the media”.
Mark O'Brien is "one of the nation’s most feared defamation lawyers," says the Sydney Morning Herald. He's in talks with Bruce Lehrmann about taking legal action against many of the big media players who gleefully promoted Brittany Higgins as a "rape victim," defaming Lehrmann in the process.
Thought you might be interested in a one-sided, factually-deficient Washington Post story about the Higgins case: "A rape took place in Parliament, judge rules in case that consumed Australia" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/australia-parliament-rape-brittany-higgins/). I'm thinking of writing a letter to the story's author to complain about the inaccuracies in her article, but thought you might be interested as well.
Not the only problem with her story.
The latest news that that the civil case for "Libel" will become a de facto rape trial.
So sadly this is not over by a long shot and I think Ten and Lisa might just find that attempt to make the Libel case into a de facto rape trial, may backfire on them.
Wilkinson's latest tactic is extremely nasty "Amounted to Rape",
An innocent man is not to be made the victim of a grotesque perversion of justice because his false accuser is mentally ill and may be at risk of harm? I have got that right, haven't I? I haven't got things hopelessly wrong, have I?
You couldn't make it up.
"Great news. The Brittany Higgins case is over" well not according to the latest articles published in The Australian!
This, I will call a soap opera, looks like playing out for a number of years to come. Little bits of information will be slowly drip-fed to the public, mostly I think because of the search for factual information.
The real information.
Bruce's latest lodging of a complaint against the DPP, confirms my suspicions that somewhere there is outside undue influence.
But the point of the enquiry, will it be impartial in finding fact? or will it be just an exercise in white washing?
I had a witness to a Royal Commission once say to me, that they never asked him the essential question that would have changed the outcome of that Royal Commission.
Phillip
Not many will feel sorry for Higgins now that she has secured a multimillion dollar payout. It’s never about the money so they say
Sadly this case is not over and perhaps will not be over for many years to come. I really feel sorry for both Higgins and Lehrmann, more so Lehrmann. This case has taken on a life of its own; both are now just passengers being swept along with the current.
The waters are so muddied and how it has escalated into he said and he said between the police and the director of public prosecutions.
In the Australian today Janet wrote;
"The inquiry needs to explore why Moller’s name is on the summons to charge Lehrmann. The Australian understands it is most unusual for a police officer of Moller’s rank to sign a summons."
If political interference is a fact in this case as alleged, then I imagine some people will be ducking and weaving to cover their backsides.
Sadly inquiries and only as good as the questions that get asked. Avoid the difficult, incrimination questions to predetermine the outcome, and there was no bias or political interference.
This story can be spun however one wants. Prosecution can lay the blame on police & cherry pick evidence, this works both ways. I have seen prosecution in Queensland omit much of the evidence and use only what looks good for the alleged victim. What astounds me how quickly Information has been released to detract from Prosecution, usually media take months or years to get information.
Drumgold has lost the plot. See this...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/08/bruce-lehrmann-trial-brittany-higgins-dpp-director-public-prosecution-shane-drumgold-act-police
She never lets up.
Brittany Higgins has issued a determined vow from her hospital bed that she will testify against Bruce Lehrmann if he sues Lisa Wilkinson and Channel 10 for defamation. The former Liberal staffer spent her 29th birthday in a Queensland mental health clinic on Wednesday, less than a week after the alleged sexual assault charge against her former colleague was dropped. Daily Mail Australia revealed on Tuesday Mr Lehrmann is considering whether to sue Wilkinson, the production company behind The Project (Rove McManus's Roving Enterprises), Network Ten and parent company Paramount. Ms Higgins first alleged she was raped by a 'male colleague' during a TV interview on The Project with Ms Wilkinson in February 2021, which later won the current affairs program a Logie. Ms Higgins responded to the news on Wednesday night when she vowed to testify to her version of events in court. Lehrmann has always strenuously denied Ms Higgins claims.
This case is not over . It is really about to start . The Pot of Lawyer Gold will now open . Higgins should be charged on numerous counts , mainly Contempt of Court .
I'm deleting a few comments because most of the media is very nervous and not allowing any commentary at all on all this. Obviously everyone is worried about the current ligitious climate.
From The Australian today:
More information about possible defamation action from Bruce Lehrmann from The Australian:
Mr Lehrmann, now living in Tasmania, is understood to be giving “strong consideration” to filing lawsuits against several media companies, Twitter identities, and Mr Drumgold. Those in the firing line include Ms Wilkinson personally; the producers of The Project, Roving Enterprises, owned by comedian Rove McManus; and Network Ten and its parent company Paramount....
The ABC is likely to be sued by Mr Lehrmann over comments during the National Press Club appearance in February by Ms Higgins and Grace Tame, as well as the content of various news and current affairs programs.
Several newspapers, including The Australian, may also be issued with concerns notices.
Other possible targets include “eminent individuals” who tweeted or shared the emotional speech Ms Higgins made outside the ACT Supreme Court in October after Chief Justice Lucy McCallum aborted the trial over juror misconduct.
Media outlets who ran the speech in full or those parts of it that went to the truth of Ms Higgins’ allegations are in the frame.
Mr Lehrmann is also considering action against Mr Drumgold over his press conference last Friday, in which he withdrew the charges against Mr Lehrmann, but reiterated his belief that there were “reasonable prospects” for a conviction.
Mr Lehrmann is understood to be separately considering lodging a formal professional complaint against Mr Drumgold over those remarks, which have drawn criticism from senior legal figures for “simultaneously withdrawing a criminal prosecution in the court and then trying to continue it in the media”.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bruce-lehrmanns-sights-on-potential-targets-for-defamation-action/news-story/d46226f3ac3cc07010c4591c1a4d838e
Mark O'Brien is "one of the nation’s most feared defamation lawyers," says the Sydney Morning Herald. He's in talks with Bruce Lehrmann about taking legal action against many of the big media players who gleefully promoted Brittany Higgins as a "rape victim," defaming Lehrmann in the process.
Game on!
https://buff.ly/3Y31g7C