I'm still not convinced Linda should be doing this.
Justice Lee said he didn't find evidence of a political coverup - but the Lehrmann case wasn't really about the allegations of a coverup so he probably didn't seen all the evidence available, and there may be witnesses that would come forward.
For example - why was Brittany shuttled off to a hotel in Perth?
But even assuming Justice Lee is correct and there wasn't a coverup, that's not the end of the story.
Truth is only one of the defenses against a defamation claim. Another is the "Honest Opinion" Defence.
If Brittany can show she had enough reason to believe there was a coverup going on - even if there wasn't - then that would be enough to win the case.
She was a rape victim being very publicly exposed. The judge could well rule it was her honest opinion, or he could decide that it was close enough to warrant a very minimal payment of damages to Linda.
Just not a slam dunk in my view.
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