‘Time to heal’: Higgins breaks silence on Lehrmann case

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‘Time to heal’: Higgins breaks silence on Lehrmann case

Brittany Higgins says it’s “time to heal” as she speaks for the first time since a judge ruled Bruce Lehrmann ****** her at Parliament House.

Justice Michael Lee found on the balance of probabilities Lehrmann ****** the then 24-year-old in then-defence minister Linda Reynolds’ office in March 2019.

In findings delivered on Monday, Justice Lee found Lehrmann was so “*****-bent” on having **** with Ms Higgins that he was indifferent to her consent and ****** her.

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account on Saturday, Ms Higgins said: “I was ****** – no judgement was ever going to change this truth.”

“I lived with the shame, humiliation and ***** of what telling my story would mean for my life and career, like so many other victim survivors.”

Ms Higgins thanked Justice Lee for his “trauma-informed approach” and for “recognising that reactions to ******** can vary wildly”.

“I was devastated that a ******* was given a nationwide platform to maintain his ***** about what happened,” she said.

Delivering his findings on Monday, Justice Lee told the Federal Court “Mr Lehrmann ****** Ms Higgins”.

While there was no evidence Lehrmann knew that Ms Higgins did not consent to the ******* activity, he was recklessly indifferent to her rights, the judge said.

“It has been five years of ********* and civil trials and government inquiries for the truth to finally be revealed,” Ms Higgins said.

“It is now time to heal.”

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