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Lehrmann, a former political adviser, has been accused of raping colleague Brittany Higgins inside Australia’s Parliament House. Lehrmann denies sexually assaulting Higgins and maintains that no sex took place.
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alleged rape occurred in 2019 after a night out. Higgins reported the incident to police in 2021 and Lehrmann was set to stand trial. However, the trial has been dropped due to the risk to Higgins’s mental health.
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went public with her story in February 2021, sparking huge protests over the safety of women in politics. The incident led to a damning review which found that a third of employees in federal parliament had been sexually harassed.
