Linda Reynolds reaches settlement with journalist Aaron Patrick and HarperCollins after suing for defamation

Exclusive: former minister was seeking damages over book she alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins' allegations of rape

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Linda Reynolds has settled with journalist Aaron Patrick and publisher HarperCollins over a book that the former minister alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins' allegations of rape.

Reynolds filed a writ against Patrick and the publisher in Western Australia's supreme court in January, seeking aggravated damages over allegations in the book Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party's Civil War.

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