Meet Bruce Lehrmann’s mysterious mentor: How Lyndon Biernoff quietly supported the accused rapist in his court battles – as their texts in his darkest hour are revealed

Bruce Lehrmann was in a mental health clinic, having been accused of rape days earlier, when his mentor and long-time family friend gave him a pep talk: ‘Stop telling yourself you can’t handle this.’ The WhatsApp message was sent by network marketer Lyndon Biernoff on February 21, 2021 – six days after Brittany Higgins appeared on The … Read more

Bruce Lehrmann appeared flustered on the second day of his defamation trial

It wasn’t until about 2.30pm on the second day of defamation proceedings that, for the first time under oath, Bruce Lehrmann was challenged about his version of events on the night he alleged raped Brittany Higgins. He had spent Wednesday afternoon and much of Thursday being examined by his own barrister, Steven Whybrow SC, in … Read more

Bruce Lehrmann’s group chat messages reveal how his friends abandoned him after Brittany Higgins accused him of rape on The Project: ‘Eject!’

A series of screenshots presented to the Federal Court highlight how friends of Bruce Lehrmann responded after The Project’s now infamous interview first aired.  Mr Lehrmann, a former Liberal staffer, is suing Network Ten and ex-Project host Lisa Wilkinson over a TV interview in which Ms Higgins alleged she was raped. He appeared in the Federal Court on Thursday … Read more

Billi FitzSimons: Lisa Wilkinson’s daughter shut down by Penny Wong over question about if The Voice fails: ‘Don’t take it personally’

Billi FitzSimons: Lisa Wilkinson’s daughter shut down by Penny Wong over question about if The Voice fails: ‘Don’t take it personally’ By Max Aitchison For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:53 BST, 3 October 2023 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 3 October 2023 Lisa Wilkinson‘s daughter was shut down by Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong after she … Read more

The rude tweet Brittany Higgins’ fiance David Sharaz doesn’t want you to see

Brittany Higgins‘ fiancé fired off a tweet taunting the journalistic balance of his former colleague during Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation hearing – but he quickly deleted it. Daily Mail Australia has obtained an inflammatory Twitter post David Sharaz wrote in response to a tweet by Sky News reporter Caroline Marcus on Thursday afternoon. Ms Marcus had been … Read more