Lehrmann Defamation Trial Continues with Testimony from Fiona Brown

Brown, former chief of staff to Senator Linda Reynolds, struggles to recall key conversations and did not report the incident to police despite instructions.

• Fiona Brown, former chief of staff to Senator Linda Reynolds, continues to give evidence in the ongoing defamation trial of Bruce Lehrmann.
• Brown has stated she can't recall certain conversations about the incident and did not take notes of her phone calls with Senator Reynolds.
• Brown did not report the incident to police, despite Senator Reynolds' instruction, agreeing that Brittany Higgins should have 'agency' and it was up to her to make the report.
• Brown was shocked when Higgins said 'Bruce was on top of me', but can't remember telling Senator Reynolds about this in a phone call.
• The defamation trial is against Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten for an interview with Higgins that was broadcast on The Project in 2021, which Lehrmann alleges defamed him by suggesting he raped Higgins in 2019.

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