Michael West Media · AAP · Thursday 9 April 2026
The High Court has refused Bruce Lehrmann's application for special leave to appeal Justice Lee's finding that Network Ten's report of his rape of Brittany Higgins was substantially true, exhausting his final legal avenue.
Lehrmann took his defamation case through every court in the country like a bloke appealing a parking fine all the way to The Hague. Three judges said no, and he kept knocking. The High Court's refusal isn't news — it's a full stop that should have been a full stop two courts ago. The only institution that came out of this worse than he did is the one that employed him.