Sharaz, Higgins ‘mocked’ Reynolds over sick leave

Brittany Higgins and her partner mocked Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds after she took sick leave from parliament amid intense scrutiny over her handling of her former staffer’s alleged rape, a Perth court has heard.

On the final day of a five-week defamation trial in the WA Supreme Court, lawyers for Senator Reynolds aired a series of several private messages between Ms Higgins and her partner David Sharaz, while also describing the former Liberal staffer’s version of events following her alleged rape as “complete rubbish”.

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