Bruce Lehrmann should pay Ten’s entire legal bill after ‘deliberately wicked’ decision to sue, network says
by The Guardian
The Guardian— In court submissions, Ten’s lawyers argue Lehrmann should indemnify the network for its legal costs, estimated at $8mFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann should pay all Network Ten’s legal costs because suing The Project for defamation was “deliberately wicked and calculated” and an abuse of process, Ten has told the federal court.The former Liberal staffer lost the defamation case he brought...
Pedestrian TV—Experts Say Bruce Lehrmann Could Be Up For Millions In Legal Costs, But What If He Can't Pay it?. CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape. Bruce Lehrmann went back to the lion’s den for his hat, and left with the new titles of “rapist” and “loser” — a privilege that could potentially cost him millions of dollars. So how much will Bruce Lehrmann pay for losing his defamation trial? In a historic end to the defamation case between Lehrmann and Network 10, Justice Michael […]
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@MichaelWestBiz—Ten wants costs for 'deliberately wicked' Lehrmann case. Bruce Lehrmann should foot the multimillion-dollar legal bill from his failed defamation case for improperly trying to hide his misdeeds, Network Ten says. The 28-year-old spectacularly lost his Federal Court defamation case against Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson earlier in April. In a move claimed by Ten to have been “deliberately wicked and calculated,” Lehrmann […]