![]() Mr Lehrmann has been accused of giving conflicting answers about when he learned Ms Higgins had made rape allegations against him.īefore Ms Higgins’ The Project interview was broadcast on February 15, 2021, the story was broken by journalist Samantha Maiden earlier that day. “Mr Lehrmann there was no need whatsoever to be writing on Question Time folders at 2am on the 23rd of March 2019,” Dr Collins asked.īruce Lehrmann says he returned to Parliament House in the early house of Mabecause he needed to make notes. ![]() On the stand on Monday, Mr Lehrmann admitted he was finishing up the following week, he had already completed all his work in the minister’s office and parliament wasn’t sitting the following week. Mr Lehrmann added that the information related to the “French submarine contract”. “Not now, I don’t have those folders,” Mr Lehrmann said. “Can you identify any information that you learned either at The Dock or 88MPH on the 22nd of March that was relevant to the work you were doing for the minister concerning question time briefs,” Dr Collins asked. He was grilled by Ten’s barrister Dr Matt Collins SC why he needed to make notes early that morning when he had been drinking for several hours. Mr Lehrmann told the court that he went back to collect his keys and spent 30 to 40 minutes writing ministerial notes while they were fresh in his mind after being told information at The Dock. He admitted to lying to Parliament House security that morning that he was there to pick up documents for Senator Reynolds and he later told his boss Fiona Brown that he went back there to drink alcohol. Mr Lehrmann was also grilled about the conflicting versions of events he gave to various people about why he went back to parliament in the early hours of Maafter drinking at several Canberra pubs, including The Dock and 88MPH. “I’m sorry, your reaction to spiralling was to ask to have cocaine brought to you?” Dr Collins asked.īruce Lehrmann is suing Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson for defamation. ![]() “Yes Dr Collins, I spiralled pretty quickly,” Mr Lehrmann told the court. “The next message you were telling him to bring something with him … Was that because you decided to spend some time that night with friends and that substance,” Ten’s barrister Dr Matt Collins asked. On his fifth day in the witness stand, the court heard that Mr Lehrmann watched Ms Higgins’ interview that evening from his lawyer’s office before making plans to meet up with friends.ĭr Collins on Monday read to the court texts Mr Lehrmann exchanged with his friends that night in which they discussed obtaining cocaine. He has denied that he had sexually assaulted Ms Higgins in the office of Senator Reynolds. Mr Lehrmann is suing Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation over their reporting of sexual assault allegations made by Ms Higgins on The Project on February 15, 2021. Mr Lehrmann took to the witness stand in the Federal Court on Monday where he was grilled about his reason for going back to Parliament House in the early hours of Maand his reaction after the story broke just under two years later. ![]() Bruce Lehrmann has admitted to taking cocaine on the night he learned he was the subject of sexual assault allegations, telling a court he “spiralled” after watching Brittany Higgins’ The Project interview.
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