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Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, judge finds on balance of probabilities (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 points 6 months ago

There was a criminal trial a while back, but it was declared a mistrial after some jury fuckery. They declined to re-prosecute because of the detrimental effect it would have on Higgins' mental health. As others have said, this is a civil trial, specifically, Lehrmann trying to sue the people Higgins went to in the media to tell her story for defaming him.

Truth is a defence to defamation, so proving that the claims were true (in this case, as others have said, to the balance of probabilities, rather than beyond all reasonable doubt) is a way to win a defamation case as a defendant.