Australia's High Court ends Lehrmann defamation case against Network Ten, journalist

Bruce Lehrmann, a former Liberal Party staffer in Australia, lost his final legal appeal to Australia's High Court in his defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. The court refused him special leave to appeal the Federal Court's finding that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. This case became a landmark moment in Australian #MeToo discourse, exposing workplace sexual assault within the nation's highest legislative chambers. The ruling closes years of litigation and affirms the court's earlier finding on the balance of probabilities.