{"id":144293,"date":"2023-12-14T22:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T22:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=144293"},"modified":"2023-12-14T22:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T22:11:57","slug":"watch-live-lisa-wilkinson-returns-to-witness-box-as-transcript-of-her-five-hour-meeting-with-brittany-higgins-is-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/watch-live-lisa-wilkinson-returns-to-witness-box-as-transcript-of-her-five-hour-meeting-with-brittany-higgins-is-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch live: Lisa Wilkinson returns to witness box as transcript of her five-hour meeting with Brittany Higgins is revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Watch the hearing live here from 10.15am (AEDT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Network Ten presenter Lisa Wilkinson returns to the witness box on Friday in Bruce Lehrmann\u2019s high-stakes defamation case after a tense day of testimony during which she defended her reporting of Brittany Higgins\u2019 sexual assault allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson started giving evidence on Thursday in the Federal Court defamation suit brought against her and Ten by Lehrmann over her interview with his former colleague Higgins, broadcast on <i>The Project<\/i> on February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.152%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/7783041c7661d79546bdaaec04c69af8aa89c885\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Lisa Wilkinson arrives at court on Thursday.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Rhett Wyman<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Lehrmann alleges Ten and Wilkinson defamed him by suggesting he was guilty of raping Higgins in March 2019 in the office of their boss, Liberal senator and then defence industry minister Linda Reynolds. He has always maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Transcript of meeting<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Late on Thursday, the court released a transcript of a five-hour recorded conversation between Wilkinson, Ten producer Angus Llewellyn, Higgins and her partner David Sharaz in early 2021, when Ten was researching Higgins\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, Llewellyn asked Higgins if she considered contacting the police in the immediate aftermath of the alleged assault.<\/p>\n<p>She replied: <i>\u201cNo. I was, I was too scared. On the basis of who it was, on the basis of where I worked, I knew the moment I went to the police it would be a media story. I was always very cognisant of the fact that the moment this was reported, this will be a story.<br \/><\/i><i><br \/><\/i><i>\u201cNot because of me, not because of Bruce, but on the basis of a) where it happened and b) who I worked for. And I was always hyper-conscious of the media commodification of my story and I was scared of it\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.188%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_62%2C$y_121\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a95f5eaa94fa5602721c1f6c9b4a55fbad79fc7a\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Former federal Liberal political staffer Bruce Lehrmann leaves the Federal Court in Sydney.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>James Brickwood.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><i><br \/><\/i><br \/>Llewellyn replied: \u201cThat\u2019s the most understandable thing in the world because you know how it works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, Higgins said that \u201cit sounds corny but this [was] &#8230; my dream job. I used to watch <i>West Wing<\/i>. I saw me in [the fictional White House press secretary] C.J. Cregg\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson said later: \u201cI\u2019m a girl from the western suburbs of Sydney, I\u2019ll always be motivated by exactly the same thing. People who deserve to be heard, not being heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She asked Higgins: \u201cAre you feeling comfortable with us? As a safe place to tell your story?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery much so,\u201d Higgins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause that\u2019s really important,\u201d Wilkinson replied.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Cross-examination continues<br \/><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Lehrmann\u2019s barrister, Matthew Richardson, SC, is expected to complete his cross-examination of Wilkinson on Friday before her own barrister, Sue Chrysanthou, SC, conducts any re-examination that is required.<\/p>\n<p>The trial, originally slated to finish by Friday, will continue next week.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Sexual assault charge dropped<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Lehrmann\u2019s ACT Supreme Court trial for sexual assault was aborted last year due to juror misconduct. The charge against Lehrmann was later dropped altogether owing to concerns about Higgins\u2019 mental health.<\/p>\n<h3>Lehrmann not named<\/h3>\n<p>Lehrmann was not named in Ten\u2019s interview and a preliminary issue in the case is whether he was identified via other means.<\/p>\n<p>If the court finds Lehrmann was identified in the interview, Ten and Wilkinson are seeking to rely on defences of truth and qualified privilege. Qualified privilege relates to publications of public interest and requires a media outlet to show it acted reasonably. Wilkinson\u2019s evidence is directly relevant to that defence.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in National<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/nsw\/watch-live-lisa-wilkinson-returns-to-witness-box-as-transcript-of-her-five-hour-meeting-with-brittany-higgins-is-revealed-20231215-p5erq3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Watch the hearing live here from 10.15am (AEDT) Former Network Ten presenter Lisa Wilkinson returns to the witness box on Friday in Bruce Lehrmann\u2019s high-stakes defamation case after a tense day of testimony during which she defended her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch live: Lisa Wilkinson returns to witness box as transcript of her five-hour meeting with Brittany Higgins is revealed - Celebrity-hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/watch-live-lisa-wilkinson-returns-to-witness-box-as-transcript-of-her-five-hour-meeting-with-brittany-higgins-is-revealed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch live: Lisa Wilkinson returns to witness box as transcript of her five-hour meeting with Brittany Higgins is revealed - Celebrity-hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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