Lisa Wilkinson’s sense of grievance was apparent.
Her Order of Australia pin fastened snug to the left lapel of her black blazer, the journalist gave evidence to the federal court that she had been “begging” her employer, Channel Ten, to clarify publicly that her infamous 2022 Logies speech had been fully legalled by the network’s counsel.
“I was asking Channel Ten to admit the role they had played because I was being portrayed as legally irresponsible [but] I had taken steps to make sure that speech was legally responsible,” she said on Tuesday. “I was being blamed for giving that speech, and all the blame was falling on me.”
Lisa Wilkinson arrives at Federal Court in Sydney.Credit: Kate Geraghty
In the Logies speech, given on the night of June 19, 2022, Wilkinson praised the “unwavering courage” of her 2021 interview subject, rape complainant Brittany Higgins.
Wilkinson walked off the stage with a statuette, but the fury of the trial judge, ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum, awaited her.
The judge later lambasted Wilkinson and Ten. McCallum postponed Bruce Lehrmann’s matter (“through gritted teeth”), saying the accused’s right to a fair trial had been compromised by the Logies speech.
Wilkinson was “trashed in the media”, she told the Federal Court on Tuesday, for delaying justice.
It was erroneously reported Wilkinson had been warned not to give the speech by ACT Crown Prosecutor Shane Drumgold.
‘One pathetic excuse after another’: Wilkinson’s lawyer lashes Ten
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Lisa Wilkinson’s sense of grievance was apparent.
Her Order of Australia pin fastened snug to the left lapel of her black blazer, the journalist gave evidence to the federal court that she had been “begging” her employer, Channel Ten, to clarify publicly that her infamous 2022 Logies speech had been fully legalled by the network’s counsel.
“I was asking........
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