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"He was in there, he was physically violating me. He was in my body. I know"
Brittany Higgins returns to ACT Supreme Court to resume giving evidence as Bruce Lehrmann trial continues
By Antoinette Radford
Posted 7h ago
7 hours ago
, updated 2h ago
A former Liberal Party staffer has directly addressed the man accused of raping her inside Parliament House after returning to the ACT Supreme Court today.
Key points:
Brittany Higgins has rejected the defence's assertion that she was not raped
Ms Higgins directly addressed accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann from the witness box
A suppression order on evidence heard earlier this week has now been lifted, as Ms Higgins has finished testifying
Brittany Higgins resumed giving evidence in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, after she was unavailable for most of the week.
Mr Lehrmann is charged with raping Ms Higgins in a ministerial office in 2019.
He has pleaded not guilty and says no sexual activity took place.
This morning, Ms Higgins spoke to Mr Lehrmann directly from the witness stand.
"Nothing was fine after what you did to me, nothing," she said.
Earlier in the morning, Mr Lehrmann's lawyer Steven Whybrow suggested to Ms Higgins that the alleged assault had never occurred.
"I don't accept it at all," she responded.
Mr Whybrow also asked Ms Higgins if she fabricated the allegations to save her job.
"I'm not a monster — I would never do anything like that," she said.
"You're asserting to me that I fabricated this just to keep my job and I care about my job, but I would never do that."
Later, Mr Whybrow once again suggested that Mr Lehrmann had never assaulted her.
She again rejected the assertion.