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    Federal Court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann's appeal against defamation case ruling
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    Federal Court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal against defamation case ruling


    This mean's that the original ruling will stand.

    He has been ordered to pay costs.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/live-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-appeal-finding/106090370

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    37 Comments

    1. Expensive-Horse5538 on

      Hopefully now Lehrmann will be able to have time in his diary to attend his Hobart trial he seemingly couldn’t attend a few weeks ago.

      Also hopefully the courts can now go back to dealing with actual matters instead of this guys kink for court cases, but I suspect he will go back a few more times for his hat.

    2. JaniePage on

      Ha ha.

      And may I say once again:

      Ha ha.

      This guy is such a loser. And on the balance of probabilities, also a rapist.

    6. Chart_Unlikely on

      Bruce Lehrmann? The civilly determined rapist? That Bruce Lehrmann? The one facing charges for rape in Toowoomba and Tasmania for theft? He went back to court again?

      Where does Kerry Stokes keep finding these people?

    8. techb00mer on

      I look forward to a month where we don’t have to hear about this dickhead. Just one month would be nice.

    10. Far_Career6033 on

      lol bye Felicia! Also how is this saga from 2021 still going on? I’m sure there will be a documentary in the future as to how many people’s lives it’s destroyed:

      -Bruce Lehrmann (likely bankrupt, reputation forever ruined, possible criminal conviction coming)

      -Brittany Higgins (bankrupt)

      -David Sharaz (bankrupt)

      -Linda Reynolds (reputation destroyed and career ended early)

      -Fiona Brown (reputation destroyed and career ended early)

      -Lisa Wilkinson (TV career ended early)

    12. stupid_mistake__101 on

      RIP! This guy will be bankrupt for the rest of his life I think, there’s these court costs, all the lawyers he’s engaged for all the court cases he’s somehow been in…

    14. its-just-the-vibe on

      Why is he taking up so much of our legal system resources? At the rate he goes to court he should be asked to pay the salaries of all court staff pro rata for each day he attends/meant to attend/or just his name mentioned within the respective court’s perimeter

    16. Expensive-Horse5538 on

      AAP is reporting that Lehrmann “is expected to apply for special leave to appeal the full court decision in the high court”.

      So looks like he will definitely be going back for another hat.

    17. Nier_Tomato on

      How many times is he going to try this? It’s like a gambler on a losing streak trying to win back their losses with just one more go…

    19. Sufficient-Brick-188 on

      He will keep going. He is like his former employer, addicted to court cases. They don’t know when to quit and just fade away.

    21. realnomdeguerre on

      When is he actually going to start suffering? I want suffering. Lots of suffering. For him I mean.

    22. OverallMistake8198 on

      So again he’s been laughed out of a court room, which state is he popping up in next to get embarrassed by legislature again?

    23. manipulated_dead on

      I don’t usually like to find joy in the misery of others, but I’m happy to make an exception for this shitstain and any other rapists that experience the consequences of their actions.

    25. Equivalent-Wealth-63 on

      >justice wigney said the full court found that the primary judge should have concluded mr Lehmann knew Ms Higgins did not consent…

      Interesting that the federal court is saying not only was there no error on the original findings that favoured Higgins but what error there was, had favoured Lehrmann.

    27. Material-Painting-19 on

      As someone who listened to the submissions his so called lawyer made, I am surprised this took as long as it did to be determined. You could almost see the judges looking at one another at the end of the oral submissions his lawyer made and thinking “shall we just say, yeah, nah now and get this over with, or do we have to actually go away and write something?”. It was excruciating to watch.

    28. ZippyKoala on

      Nancy Sinatra is quite apt now –

      You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’

      And you keep losing when you oughta not bet

      You keep samin’ when you oughta be a’changin’

      Now what’s right is right but you ain’t been right yet

    30. Threadheads on

      > I’d] just like to say that we hope Bruce is seen as an inspiration to those who say they’ve been wrongly accused … because he will be seeking advice for special leave and it’s not the end of it in respect of his pursuit for justice

      I can’t believe someone said this with a straight face.

    33. WolfySpice on

      He was initially found to have been recklessly indifferent as to consent.

      By appealing, he’s made it worse. Quote from the judgment:

      79 Having considered with some care all of the detailed findings made with due deliberation by the primary judge and with due regard to the seriousness of the finding, in our respectful view, his Honour should have found actual knowledge on the part of Mr Lehrmann that Ms Higgins did not consent to sexual intercourse. …

      The court held it was open to find he did have knowledge of no consent.

    34. Bright_Bell_1301 on

      Unfortunately, in all likelihood, Trumpette Gina will pay his costs and then the amoral ghouls at Sky or the IPA will offer him a high-paying a job.