Lehrmann
Johannes Leak
In March Bruce Lehrmann lost a defamation case against journalist Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten. In interviews he gave before the trial, Lehrmann commented that he was going to ‘light some fires’. He later launched a bid to overturn the result of the case.
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