The former Liberal staffer's bankruptcy is becoming more likely after he was ordered to pay $2 million to Ten for its costs of defending his failed defamation case.
High-profile journalist Lisa Wilkinson has argued she never doubted Brittany Higgins' rape allegations as part of an attempt to overturn critical court findings about her reporting.
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds says she'll fight to clear her name in a lawsuit against Brittany Higgins, with Scott Morrison set to potentially give evidence.
Lisa Wilkinson's successful defence of Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case came at a price, with the prominent journalist spending up to $8000 a day on her top silk
Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay most of Network Ten's legal costs after a judge ruled allegations he raped Brittany Higgins were substantially true.
A Federal Court hearing was told on Wednesday the former Liberal staffer also had no third-party financial backers in his long-running suit against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.
Network Ten has sought costs from Bruce Lehrmann, saying the ex-Liberal staffer gambled with his defamation case to conceal his rape of Brittany Higgins.
Linda Reynolds emerged from a near-10-hour court mediation session declaring that her defamation suit with Brittany Higgins and fiance David Sharaz is ongoing.
The ACT government has paid Linda Reynolds $90,000 over a letter written by a former top prosecutor about her conduct during Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial.
Network Ten is set to pay at least some of journalist Lisa Wilkinson's legal costs for Bruce Lehrmann's defamation suit against her and the broadcaster.
Brittany Higgins' partner David Sharaz discussed going after the "Liberal Party machine" in an initial email sent to Lisa Wilkinson about breaking the story.
The accuracy and truth of a report on The Project about the rape claims were under further attack as Wilkinson returned to the Federal Court witness box.
She said she previously believed the bruise was due to the alleged rape but now "had to accept it as a possibility" that it was from a fall on "that exact night".
Giving evidence in Federal Court on Thursday, Higgins also denied her claims around the alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann had been adapted and evolved over time.
Soon after Bruce Lehrmann watched a TV report detailing Brittany Higgins' allegation of rape in Parliament House, he was on the phone to a friend to get cocaine.
The former Liberal staffer's statement is the latest development to the ugly fallout from Walter Sofronoff's inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's prosecution.