Brittany Higgins wore dress she was allegedly raped in to Liberal function weeks later to ‘reclaim it’, court hears

Former Liberal staffer tells federal court defamation trial she initially thought she could disassociate' from the alleged rape

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Brittany Higgins has told a court she wore the white dress she was allegedly raped in six weeks later to a Liberal function in an attempt to reclaim it" and disassociate it from the rape".

But what was once her favourite" pencil dress that she used to wear all the time" was not reclaimed and was never worn again, Higgins told the federal court on Friday.

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