Andrew L. Urban.
What’s worse than the stigma of being labelled a rapist? Being unable to wipe the label clean. Why would anyone not try, if they claimed innocence? For Lehrmann, the label is a life sentence, even though it was applied by a civil, not criminal, court. Some suggest he shouldn’t appeal. They’re wrong. Continue reading
The following are some of the comments / excerpts in response to Andrew L. Urban’s article in The Spectator Australia on May 1, 2024, ‘Was Lehrmann’s presumption of innocence left in the lions’ den?’ Reader comments were taken down and disabled on May 2, 2024. There were no comments supporting Justice Lee’s finding that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins – and therefore he was not defamed by Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban.
Justice David Mossop of the ACT Supreme Court is the latest judge in Australia to make a bad decision in a criminal trial, by sentencing a 93 year old husband to nine years in prison for the mercy killing of Jean, his 92 year old wife, suffering from dementia. Continue reading
Judging by published comments, the public largely rejects Justice Lee’s judgement that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins on Senator Reynolds’ Ministerial couch. We publish a selection to demonstrate. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban.
It was over dinner that a former senior Australian Federal Police investigator brought it up. A question no-one appears to have considered. Continue reading
New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on sex crime charges, a shock reversal in the landmark case that launched the #MeToo movement. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban.
It is open to infer that the National Anti Corruption Commission (NACC) is preparing to investigate the controversial and secretive Brittany Higgins payout of $2.44m, partly based on its bland response to our request yesterday for information. Senator Linda Reynolds referred the matter to the NACC in December 2023. Continue reading
In this open letter to the NACC, ANDREW L. URBAN, explains why the NACC must publish the terms of its investigation into the hurried and secretive payout of $2.44 million to Brittany Higgins, based on what are now revealed to be false claims. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban.
Justice Lee called the Lehrmann/Higgins drama an omnishambles, finding that Lehrmann effectively raped Higgins by not getting consent while she lay in a drunken stupor. It is “an outcome that must be respected but one that is necessarily diminished by circumstance,” as the Editorial in The Australian put it, (16/4/24). Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban.
Justice Lee filled 332 pages detailing his judgement in the defamation case of Lehrmann v Network Ten and Wilkinson, with all but three of the multitude of individuals involved subject to criticism in the matter. But only one aspect will be worthy of headlines: he found that sex took place and Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, didn’t care whether the heavily intoxicated Brittany Higgins consented to sexual intercourse or not. That’s rape. Continue reading