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A former Liberal Party staffer did not seek medical treatment after she was allegedly raped in Canberra's Parliament House, but took a pregnancy test weeks later while working on the federal election campaign in Perth, a court has heard.

Key points:

  • Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in March 2019
  • The court has heard more of Ms Higgins's police interviews, in which she discusses her work relationship with Mr Lehrmann before and after the alleged offence
  • Ms Higgins told police she did not seek medical treatment after the alleged assault but did take a pregnancy test weeks later


More of Brittany Higgins's police interviews were played to an ACT Supreme Court jury today on the second day of the trial of her alleged rapist, Bruce Lehrmann.

Mr Lehrmann, also a former Liberal staffer, is accused of raping his then colleague Ms Higgins after the pair had been out drinking in March 2019.

He has pleaded not guilty and denies he had sex with Ms Higgins.

In one taped interview from May 2021, played to the jury today, Ms Higgins told officers she took a pregnancy test because of the alleged assault but had not sought medical treatment.

When police asked her about a text she had sent to a former partner, telling him she had been to a GP, she explained the text was to placate him because he was worried about her and she had not visited a doctor.

However, she told officers she later visited a GP about her mental health problems related to the alleged assault.

When police asked her if she had taken the morning-after pill, Ms Higgins said she had not.


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A former Liberal Party staffer did not seek medical treatment after she was allegedly raped in Canberra's Parliament House, but took a pregnancy test weeks later while working on the federal election campaign in Perth, a court has heard.

Key points:

  • Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in March 2019
  • The court has heard more of Ms Higgins's police interviews, in which she discusses her work relationship with Mr Lehrmann before and after the alleged offence
  • Ms Higgins told police she did not seek medical treatment after the alleged assault but did take a pregnancy test weeks later


More of Brittany Higgins's police interviews were played to an ACT Supreme Court jury today on the second day of the trial of her alleged rapist, Bruce Lehrmann.

Mr Lehrmann, also a former Liberal staffer, is accused of raping his then colleague Ms Higgins after the pair had been out drinking in March 2019.

He has pleaded not guilty and denies he had sex with Ms Higgins.

In one taped interview from May 2021, played to the jury today, Ms Higgins told officers she took a pregnancy test because of the alleged assault but had not sought medical treatment.

When police asked her about a text she had sent to a former partner, telling him she had been to a GP, she explained the text was to placate him because he was worried about her and she had not visited a doctor.

However, she told officers she later visited a GP about her mental health problems related to the alleged assault.

When police asked her if she had taken the morning-after pill, Ms Higgins said she had not.


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