In the news this morning, the ACT Prosecutor is expected to drop the charge in the Lehrmann/Higgins trial.

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold announced this morning that the sexual assault charge against Mr Lehrmann will be dropped, because of an "unacceptable risk to the life of the complainant (Brittany Higgins)". The health of Ms Higgins should be of paramount concern,rather than the prosecution of a very difficult case of rape for the second time, good decision.

BTW ttbn, you blow hard and long about those not keeping to the discussion topic, you do it more often than not. Here is a prime example above of you doing just that, I don't mine, but you are a hypocrite!

Decision confirmed. The reason is a bit iffy. But given the anti-male-believe-all-women-baloney, it was probably thought politic not to suggest that the prosecution didn't have a hope of succeeding. Enough money has been wasted already, and the speechifying outside the court was the dizzy limit.

Hey Paul1405 and ttbn,
I thought it was a bit strange too, that they dropped the charges because of the alleged victims mental health.
It seems odd to me, not sure I've heard of a situation like it.

If you believe what the female security guard said about finding Brittany blind-rotten drunk and naked in her bosses office, after they had gone to parliament house late at night, AND after they'd been seen kissing etc earlier in the night at the club,

Security guard describes finding alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins in Parliament House
http://youtu.be/h-H0f5o0wpI

Then on face value I think it's likely they did hook up, and by the standards of today she may have been too drunk to give consent;
- But if they were going somewhere to be alone and in private (when Brittany already had a partner) then why go to Parliament house.
[Was there another reason they went there?]

And why should any of us look at it as 2 people who got drunk on a night out, one thing led to another, and one of them regretted it.
Beyond that no-one can know what really happened.

ARMCHAIR CRITIC...

I reckon you're on the money there my friend. Besides, what's the point of going to Parliament House while inebriated to enjoy some dalliance, given the place has any number of security staff and other people present, 24/7?

I'm guessing that even in a fem-ocracy like Canberra its impossible to prove a rape when you can't even prove sexual contact.