Colleague raised Bruce Lehrmann’s treatment of Brittany Higgins weeks before alleged rape, court hears

Former Liberal staffer Nicky Hamer tells Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial she resigned from Linda Reynolds' office over alleged behaviour

Former Liberal media adviser Nicky Hamer has told the federal court she was so angry about Bruce Lehrmann grabbing Brittany Higgins' phone in an attempt to stop her leaving the pub one night she resigned from senator Linda Reynolds' office hours later.

Hamer said in early March 2019, three weeks before the night Higgins claims Lehrmann raped her, Lehrmann said he thought Higgins was good looking" and asked Hamer to invite her to the pub for a drink.