Sky News’ Peta Credlin helped draft Brittany Higgins’ 2021 media statement, court told
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6QE4J)
Lawyer for Linda Reynolds tells defamation trial Credlin was told completely rework wherever you see fit'
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The Sky News columnist and former chief of staff to Tony Abbott Peta Credlin helped draft Brittany Higgins' statement given to media in 2021, after her rape allegations were made public, a court has been told.
In closing arguments to Western Australia's supreme court, where Linda Reynolds is suing Higgins for defamation, Reynolds' lawyer Martin Bennett on Tuesday said Higgins had a visceral hatred" towards her former employer and exaggerated how long she had to wait for counselling support following her rape allegations to suit" her narrative.
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