Bruce Lehrmann revealed as man charged with two counts of rape in Toowoomba

[Chief]

WTF? He's now trying to say there are different kinds of rape?

Time to pack it in Brucey boy, you're cooked...

There are. Confusion about consent on the one end, and premeditated stalking and attacking violently somewhere towards the other end of the scale.

It's why we have different maximum prison sentences for assault and aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm.

 

[Brian Oblivion]

I r*ped her softly your honour

It was very hard not to Lol that one - but out of respect to the victim - I’ve gone with Wow.

 

[Brian Oblivion]

There are. Confusion about consent on the one end, and premeditated stalking and attacking violently somewhere towards the other end of the scale.

It's why we have different maximum prison sentences for assault and aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm.

Yes, granted ………. but ………..

This issue is he’s always denied any sex took place. Seems he’s now saying it did happen but it was the garden variety "non-violent rape involving inadvertent recklessness as to consent” as found by Justice Lee, rather than something more violent as described by The Project. The point of difference he seems to be arguing is that Ten’s account was defamatory but what
he now says he did wasn’t.

 

[QuietB]

It was very hard not to Lol that one - but out of respect to the victim - I’ve gone with Wow.

It is completely inappropriate I agree, but seriously WTF is he doing?

This showed up on my insta feed the other day - pretty much sums up where I think humanity is at;

 

[Carn The Berries]

Yes, granted ………. but ………..

This issue is he’s always denied any sex took place. Seems he’s now saying it did happen but it was the garden variety "non-violent rape involving inadvertent recklessness as to consent” as found by Justice Lee, rather than something more violent as described by The Project. The point of difference he seems to be arguing is that Ten’s account was defamatory but what
he now says he did wasn’t.

Precisely! In essence, if he continues with this line of appeal he will be essentially admitting he committed perjury.

 

[Carn The Berries]

There are. Confusion about consent on the one end, and premeditated stalking and attacking violently somewhere towards the other end of the scale.

It's why we have different maximum prison sentences for assault and aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm.

But in this case we're talking absolute semantics. If these reports are to be believed, Lehrmann is suggesting that despite being found to, on balance of probability, have committed rape, that he has still been defamed because of the perceived "severity" of said rape (I have used inverted commas there deliberately, I agree with your point that there are actually magnitudes of rape, but I don't believe that makes any difference in this situation).

 

[Number37]

Precisely! In essence, if he continues with this line of appeal he will be essentially admitting he committed perjury.

No.
He is appealing based on a question of law not a question of fact.

 

[Wallace52]

This article is interesting.

Bruce Lehrmann says he was denied procedural fairness in failed defamation case, court documents reveal

Federal Court Notice of Appeal documents reveal former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann plans to challenge findings made against him in his failed defamation case on the grounds he was denied procedural fairness.

www.abc.net.au

This bit in particlular …….

The notice also pointed to the differences in the account of the incident suggested by The Project interview and the description in the recent judgment.

"The broadcast suggests a violent rape, where the complainant was in tears and repeatedly refused consent, of which repeated refusal the perpetrator must have been aware," the notice said.

"This is contrary to the non-violent rape involving inadvertent recklessness as to consent which was ultimately found in the judgement made by the trial judge."

Thing is he’s always denied sex took place - is he now admitting it did ?

What is a “non-violent” rape? Is he even serious?

Also, why is he not in jail?

 

[Over The Post]

Wait, wut?

 

[Chief]

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Wait, wut?

Is this one of those ones where they get the pictures of "creepy guys with chin-hiding beards" mixed up?

 

[Festerz]

Lehrmann rolling up at the Toowoomba Court this morning for his committal hearing (lehrmann's the one in glasses - the other bearded chubby chap is his stunt double lawyer).




Lehrmann, now 29, has been charged with two counts of rape involving a woman he met on a night out in October 2021. The woman in the Toowoomba case cannot be named.

To decide whether Lehrmann should stand trial, the court will hear evidence surrounding what happened that night, and the actions of Lehrmann and the complainant in the days after.

During early proceedings, and legal argument, the prosecution sought to examine months of phone data from the complainant. The phone data, the prosecution said, ran to “many thousands of pages”.

 

[Festerz]

Wow, just wow.

By the way, Linda Reynolds is STILL a serving Senator and Shadow Minister, earning $300k a year from taxpayers. Not that you would know it from the amount of time she's putting into taking down her former staffer and rape victim via court action.

 

[campbell]

Wow, just wow.

By the way, Linda Reynolds is STILL a serving Senator and Shadow Minister, earning $300k a year from taxpayers. Not that you would know it from the amount of time she's putting into taking down her former staffer and rape victim via court action.

Absolutely disgusting human being.

 

[Festerz]

Absolutely disgusting human being.

Yep.



And I bet no one can guess what Australian newspaper columnist Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds allegedly leaked that confidential information about her former staffer and rape victim to?





Albrechtsen's role in the Bruce Lehrman rape trial, the subsequent discredited Sofronoff Inquiry, the subsequent failed Lehrmann defamation action and now this allegation of muck raking interference at the behest of a serving Liberal Senator surely signals the time has come for a full independent investigation of Albrechtsen and her employer for their role in this whole disgusting mess.

 

[Satan]

Yep.

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And I bet no one can guess what Australian newspaper columnist Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds allegedly leaked that confidential information about her former staffer and rape victim to?



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Albrechtsen's role in the Bruce Lehrman rape trial, the subsequent discredited Sofronoff Inquiry, the subsequent failed Lehrmann defamation action and now this allegation of muck raking interference at the behest of a serving Liberal Senator surely signals the time has come for a full independent investigation of Albrechtsen and her employer for their role in this whole disgusting mess.

Good luck with that

 

[peetoo]

If Higgins loses, is there scope to go the commonwealth for more damages.

Double or even triple unsafe workplace

 

[Festerz]

If Higgins loses, is there scope to go the commonwealth for more damages.

Double or even triple unsafe workplace

no.

 

[campbell]

no.

damn

 

[sandeano]

Yep.

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And I bet no one can guess what Australian newspaper columnist Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds allegedly leaked that confidential information about her former staffer and rape victim to?



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Albrechtsen's role in the Bruce Lehrman rape trial, the subsequent discredited Sofronoff Inquiry, the subsequent failed Lehrmann defamation action and now this allegation of muck raking interference at the behest of a serving Liberal Senator surely signals the time has come for a full independent investigation of Albrechtsen and her employer for their role in this whole disgusting mess.

I believe that The Monthly recently tasked Jonathan Green with writing a profile on JA and then spiked it at the last minute...

 

[peetoo]

So hawthorn compensates the First Nations plaintiffs, then Clarko and fagan sue them for reputation damage?

Projecting, but it’s similar

 

[Harro59]

Yep.

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And I bet no one can guess what Australian newspaper columnist Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds allegedly leaked that confidential information about her former staffer and rape victim to?



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Albrechtsen's role in the Bruce Lehrman rape trial, the subsequent discredited Sofronoff Inquiry, the subsequent failed Lehrmann defamation action and now this allegation of muck raking interference at the behest of a serving Liberal Senator surely signals the time has come for a full independent investigation of Albrechtsen and her employer for their role in this whole disgusting mess.

I'd be staggered if the claim that leaking personal info to Albrectsen isn't considered harassment because it's the same information that Higgins has holds up in court.

Seriously it's ok because we are just leaking info that you have.

Christ, this was our former defence minister.

Linda Reynolds will be happy, her image is coming through loud and clear, although I'm not sure she wanted everyone to see who she really is this clearly.

 

[Not Important]

 

[Blightys Barrel]

This might help stop her leaks

 

[Golden_6]

Linda Reynolds might turn out to one of the worst human beings to ever be part of our Government, and there’s a lot of contenders.

 

[BFew]

I just can't believe that Janet Albrechtsen has been demoted to the foodie section in The Weekend Australian, after her hidden talent with leaks was revealed recently.

Big names chopped as News Corp redundancies hit newspapers and national reporting team

Murdoch’s Australian arm has quietly slashed tens of millions of dollars in costs to counter a slow advertising market and loss of revenue from Meta deal

www.theguardian.com