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Jun 2024
13m 12s

Bruce Lehrmann’s $2m headache

THE AUSTRALIAN
About this episode

Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay $2 million in legal fees to Network Ten for the defamation action that saw him declared a rapist.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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