One of the pieces of evidence examined in the defamation case was a photo of a bruise on Brittany Higgins’ leg that she had said was taken shortly after the alleged sexual assault of her by Bruce Lehrmann in 2019.
Justice Michael Lee said that Higgins had “distanced herself from embracing it as evidence of the rape” in her evidence in court, and inconsistencies relating to the photograph were both “important and vexing”.
He also pointed to missing data on Higgins’ phone, including photos taken on the “fateful night” in question.