![]() Mr Lehrmann was not named in the broadcast or article, but his statement of claim argues his identity would have been known in political circles. The broadcast and online article were published on February 15, 2021. He filed defamation lawsuits against Channel 10, Lisa Wilkinson, and in February this year over two stories where Ms Higgins alleged a 'male colleague' had raped her in 2019. Ms Marcus was also criticised by Ms Higgins over her coverage of the trial (pictured)ĭuring cross-examination, Mr Lehrmann admitted to Ten's lawyer Matthew Collins KC that his lawyer, Mr Korn, never said that. I literally don't understand this whole narrative.' 'Also, I was a Liberal staffer and my partner worked at Sky News. She said: 'You realise NewsCorp is being sued as well? By your own assertion it means your own organisation was a part of this 'political hatchet job'. Ms Higgins took issue with Ms Marcus' emphasis on Mr Lehrmann's allegations of a 'political hatchet job', responding to the tweet with a reminder that News Corp - Sky's parent company - is part of the lawsuit. 'Told his then girlfriend he was ''a pawn'' in a ''bigger political hatchet job''.' The journalist tweeted: 'Bruce Lehrmann tells court he was ''outraged'' by Brittany Higgins', The Project and interviews and wanted to 'fight back' against the media. Ms Marcus was also criticised by Ms Higgins for her coverage on the first day of the hearing, on March 16. Justice Lee then asked Mr Lehrmann's current barrister Matthew Richardson SC if agreed it was possible to infer that Mr Korn would not be questioned because his testimony 'would not assist' his case. Mr Sharaz was referring to Mr Lehrmann's former lawyer Warwick Korn, who was due to give evidence on Thursday but did not end up taking the stand. The pair worked at Sky News between 20, before Mr Sharaz left for a role as a media advisor with the Prime Minister's office.ĭuring the interlocutory hearing in the NSW Federal Court, David Sharaz fired off a tweet and criticised Caroline Marcus (pictured). She told her followers that Wilkinson's application to access almost 40,000 pages of data from Mr Lehrmann's phone dating back to 2017 was rejected by Justice Michael Lee, who labelled the application a 'fishing expedition'.Īn hour later, Mr Sharaz responded in a now-deleted tweet: 'I'm sure - because you're so balanced in your reporting - you'll also offer a tweet soon highlighting that Lehrmann has failed to call his own lawyer to backup his testimony on the stand.' Ms Marcus had been tweeting updates from an interlocutory hearing in the NSW Federal Court about Bruce Lehrmann's lawsuit against Lisa Wilkinson, Channel 10 and .Īt about 1.45pm, while the hearing was still going, Ms Marcus wrote a post relaying exactly what was heard in court. ![]() Brittany Higgins' fiancé fired off a tweet taunting the journalistic balance of his former colleague during Bruce Lehrmann's defamation hearing - but he quickly deleted it.ĭaily Mail Australia has obtained an inflammatory Twitter post David Sharaz wrote in response to a tweet by Sky News reporter Caroline Marcus on Thursday afternoon. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |