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What should happen to those who falsely claim to be raped?

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I see that Lisa Wilkinson is being eviscerated on the stand. Any credibility she has has now evaporated.

'Any credibility she has...'

Hmmm....
These people are 'presenters'
They are paid a lot of money by the TV broadcasters TO BE people that we can relate to and trust, but it's all about ratings and profit.
These 'presenters' are just paid to read a pre-prepared script given to them.
In real life, they're probably arrogant narcissists with an overinflated value of themselves, and who keep to their own wealthy snobby inner circles disconnected from the real world and with that probably also hold weird and strange views on everything.

Lisa Wilkinson dons pink power suit as Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case enters second week at Sydney's federal court
http://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/lisa-wilkinson-dons-pink-power-suit-as-bruce-lehrmanns-defamation-case-enters-second-week-at-sydneys-federal-court/news-story/14b769de250660934caecac57ce3f3ae

Who would even care about anything she says or does?
Is anything she says or thinks even relevant at all?
Posted by Armchair Critic, Sunday, 17 December 2023 9:47:39 AM
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"I see that Lisa Wilkinson is being eviscerated on the stand. Any credibility she has has now evaporated."

What?

Anyone watching her testimony would say she more than held her own. Lehrmann's counsel was repeatedly pulled up by the judge for trying to fashion mountains out of molehills and for trying to put words in her mouth.

Besides a couple of instances where she put a little too much mayo on an answer Wilkinson was clear and emphatic with her responses.

I thought her metadata answer thwarted a gotcha question which could have been damaging though the judge seemed to be struggling himself on the topic.

All in all I found her responses professional, reasonably straightforward and for the most part entirely believable.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Sunday, 17 December 2023 3:22:35 PM
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9 News and Lisa Wilkinson's only 2 possible defences against defamation are:

1 The truth defence which Higgin's implausible testimony exploded,
2 The public interest defence which LW's lack of effort to verify BH's story or obtain Lehrman's side of the story was destroyed by LW's testimony.

That's what I meant by eviscerated.
Posted by shadowminister, Monday, 18 December 2023 3:54:23 AM
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Accusations of rape must not be allowed to become another industry.
Posted by Indyvidual, Monday, 18 December 2023 10:16:10 AM
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"A top judge has unleashed on the handling of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins's rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.

NSW District Court acting judge Paul Conlon said the prosecution was 'doomed' to fail because the allegations had been widely discussed by public figures before it went to court.

In particular, he took aim at the 'incredible naivety' of Labor leader Anthony Albanese and his Liberal predecessor in the nation's top job, Scott Morrison, who both formally apologised to Ms Higgins in parliament.

An inquiry into Parliament House culture by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins in the Set The Standard report called for a 'statement of acknowledgement' by top politicians over alleged misconduct and past inaction.

In February last year, Mr Morrison and Mr Albanese in response both addressed Ms Higgins directly in parliamentary speeches as she sat in the gallery, telling her the
Their comments were protected under parliamentary privilege but Judge Conlon said they were still widely heard by the public.

'In the Lehrmann/Higgins case, that was doomed to failure as soon as it was thought appropriate to ventilate the issues in the public domain and attempt to influence public opinion,' Judge Conlon told The Weekend Australian.

He also aimed the 'stupidity' of 'some sections' of the media, saying the legal principle of an accused person's presumption of innocence was cast aside. "
Posted by shadowminister, Monday, 18 December 2023 10:56:40 AM
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Why has no-one queried how grass stains came to be on Miss Higgins dress?
Did they have consensual sex prior to going into PH?
Posted by Interested citizen, Thursday, 21 December 2023 12:08:13 PM
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