Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial live: Linda Reynolds’ former aide tells court … – The Guardian

Key eventsThe hearing has resumed a short adjournment. Lehrmann and Wilkinson are in the room today but Higgins is not.Nikita Irvine believed Higgins was telling her she had been sexually assaultedIrvine has told the federal court she had a conversation with Higgins not long after Higgins had said she reported the alleged rape to Brown and Reynolds.“I had to go to the passport office and I asked if anyone would like to go for a walk with me,” Irvine said. “I was trying to invite Brittany on that walk because I was a bit concerned for her. She did look very sad.“I said, ‘Are you okay?’ She said ‘No’.”Higgins confided to her that she was getting a lift home with Lehrmann from the nightclub and he said he wanted to show her some whisky and he stopped off at Parliament House and she woke up on the minister’s couch and Lehrmann was “on top of her”.Irvine said she believed Higgins was telling her she had been sexually assaulted by Lehrmann.Linda Reynolds’ former aide tells court Lehrmann gave her ‘bad vibes’ based on ‘women’s intuition’Senator Reynolds’ former aide-de-camp Nikita Irvine is now in the witness box and has told the federal
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