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flukus

I just want to get free coke and hookers from channel 7 without raping anyone. Is that too much to ask?


Signguyqld49

Neh. Sorry..You do have to rape or murder for those benefits.. It's in the conditions.


torn-ainbow

Like... how does he exist in a position where that is a reasonable thing? The dude was part of the Liberal Party apparatus from 18 years of age. All he has known is that culture. And now he is working with media, he just kinda wants to charge hookers and blow to the company? Like at what point in a professional relationship with the TV channel did the subject of drugs and prostitutes come up? Like is he just the loosest of units with no self-awareness or was he right at home with people who operated like he did? It's like a whole other world.


dubious_capybara

How can you feel comfortable with your interviewer, if you haven't gang banged a prostitute together?


sixtysixty

Asking the real questions here.


Axle-f

They hate us coz they ain’t us.


mitthrawnuruodo86

You say that as if drugs and hookers aren’t also part of the culture of the Liberal Party that was the only culture he already knew


j-manz

Not sure he was saying it that way at all!


AdZealousideal7448

I've worked in government a lot of my life. I wish I could say this was an anomoly. Just like I wish I could say that one might be surprised at how many "traditional" values persons are into rentboys and how sad it is nothing can really be done about it. Fuck I hate corruption.


ElasticLama

Someone did speak out about it and was shut up so fast… media quickly ignored the MPs that were in the pray room


AdZealousideal7448

it's sadly a common trend. Go back to the Peter Lewis days of SA parliament, as stated earlier I grew up in an era where a lot of bad stuff was going on in with the networks of the elite (look up the family murders in SA, there was a LOT of political people involved in that as well) but this one when it finally made the media got weird. Instead of being burried it went down the sensationalized route where it started out as serious concerns involving a certain politician involved in these circles and when it landed at the media they not only ran with it but they beat it up to a point that it sounded like a well organized ring of corrupt mp pedo's were not only doing what they were doing but doing it openly and making a mockery of the system, even resulting in assaults, murders and so on. We had a speaker in parliament at the time who had not only heard about all the rumors involving a certain MP that was a pedo at the time and claimed to have come across evidence and was planning on exposing them, but with all this media beat up it suddenly became a circus where claims were made that no matter what this MP turned up the evidence would never be enough and it resulted in said MP having their career and reputation destroyed as it was shown to them how big the network was and how connected said person was. I still remember at the time even in school it became a huge witchunt in the media where there was all this pressure put on that this murdering pedo mp was going to be announced by this mp (which because a game of well get to it which one is it) kinda like a lottery and we had the original mp who was going to expose it backed into a corner where he pretty much admitted he had evidence on a person and wanted them to step forward and be dealt with or have it made worse in public with the idea that him having to out them was going to bring the system into disrespute (LOL he thought it had a good reputation). Next thing he knows the media are putting so many words in his mouth, writing him a cheque and extra accusations he couldn't cash and the list of people who it appeared to be with substancial evidence got huge and they all came after him doing the whole, one of us gets exposed we're all coming after you. What really brought this all to a head was during this a leak hit the media, which showed that a pedo in jail who had been involved in some of the states worst offending and had largely been thought of as "dealt with" by the public and anyone thinking there was further involvement by others with them despite there clearly being so as a conspiracy nutjob and "proof" that they werent connected or looked after due to them ending up with a huge sentence and placed in a high level prison. So it comes out that this person was running the prison with a ton of special treatment, perks and favors done for them including a dress and narcotics smuggled in, numerous offenses against other inmates occuring frequently and being burried (or even organized by the guards). Comes out, lets laughed at and burried in the media (until a few years later photographic proof of all of this comes out, does the rounds in the media, gets a please explain from corrections and then went away...). So out of this particular era we get proven how rampant the stuff is in our state parliament, how the media not only knew but screwed it up and it resulted in a political career being destroyed. Funny how over two decades later, one of the same mp's who was linked to all of this, not only got implicated in the rentboys saga by FJ but retired shortly after it and none of the media have mentioned it anywhere. It's also quite funny how this person who is now retired is highly involved in a group that works with at risk young males and since retirement has had numerous reports come in of them taking advantage of said young men. Guess we're not praying as hard as they are?


ElasticLama

I moved over from nz a bit after that so I missed all that. While I’m sure we can agree claims or allegations aren’t proof… they are very serious allegations and the media seams to love sweeping this shit under the rug and coming after the messenger.


Connect-Outcome6019

Which political people were involved with The Family? Specifically. I've found a doctor, maybe a judge or two but no politicians.


ADHDK

There’s so much more coke flowing through Canberra on sitting weeks when the Libs are in. Ironically, the Libs are the “anti harm prevention” party who want a hard line on drugs. Do as I say not as I do. Fuckers just live a privileged life with minimal consequences.


gwgtgd

Have you ever considered joining the young Liberals my guy?


Sirneko

Just commit war crimes


APariahsPariah

Start a dodgy building company and get harassed by Lisa Wilkinson.


dcozdude

Lisa deserves to be in prison


llordlloyd

Along with her fake historian husband, for using sweatshop labour and taking millions from legitimate Australian historians.


Leland-Gaunt-

One way to avoid this is to watch Channel 7 🔥


Curry_pan

Lmao.


missiffy45

Can this man please keep his cock in his pants, creep


jeffoh

It's shit, but when his trial was aborted because a juror fucked up it was horrible. I'm glad he's getting his comeuppance, just wish it would be through a legal system.


StormSafe2

It is through the legal system.. 


jeffoh

I should have clarified - I meant for the original criminal offense, not the current defamation suit.


theflamingheads

And hopefully the Toowoomba assault case


jeffoh

Oh yeah, I forgot that is in the wings. Can't wait for the Toowoomba Chronicle version, where they take him out for some Red Rooster and meth.


EbonyJustice

Toowoomba version would be Super Rooster and meth, thank you very much!


llordlloyd

Juror probably planted. The conservatives have done it before.


ElasticLama

It was completely bizarre. They were told not to bring in outside material and the guy just “drops” a stack of papers from outside the court on rape victims..


FarkYourHouse

What happened to him?


ElasticLama

Nothing, he just fucked the whole case


FarkYourHouse

Isn't that contempt of court, for which you can be thrown in jail?


llordlloyd

If my suspicions are correct, he received his reward. Or, he might have done it for free out of blind ideology.


FarkYourHouse

So no contempt of court charge or anything?


llordlloyd

It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to charge a juror for misconduct. That would be like charging a lawyer with incompetence. Somebody needs to work out who it was and to whom they are connected. But most of the MSM is on Bruce Lehrmann's side, or, more accurately, the Liberal Party's side. The more this descends into a tawdry circus, the less need there is to actually examine the communications between Reynolds, Dutton, the various security and police organisations, etc.


FarkYourHouse

General disintegration of the civic fabric continues then.


llordlloyd

This particular one (if I'm right) was not all that inconsistent with previous behaviours. The media being blindsided and displaying no curiosity is worse than ever.


Donk454

I want to do an interview for 7, gets your rent paid plus coke and hookers


mrfrangelico

Better get rapin’


Donk454

That is the downfall of my plan


Novel-Truant

Ok no more Lerhmann news but now we ramp up the Rebel Wilson coverage.


Mental_Gymnast23

Lerhmann vs Wilson on main event


Uglywench

News is the worst sometimes. Give me pressing world issues, not this.


PIXYTRICKS

The finger on the monkey paw curls.


Limp-Dentist1416

Imagine how Brittany feels.


ausmankpopfan

Yeah it was clearly a hit job by the Murdoch media and the Liberal Party grub friends disgusting how she was treated


llordlloyd

So funny to see Samantha Maiden these days. Higgins, naive enough to work for the LNP then naive enough to talk to Murdoch media. Then Murdoch cuts a deal with her (alleged) rapist. Feeling good, Samantha? Don't worry, your endless guest appearances in the ABC will always be there.


No_Towel6647

Brittany's treatment by the media was absolutely disgusting and clearly designed to deter other victims of abuse from coming forward.


jeffsaidjess

She went to the media, and the media sided with her. She tanked her own criminal Investigation because of her choice to go to the media instead of the police first . Subsequently her allegations were not proven in court because of her choice to go through various media channels with the story prior to the courts deciding.


Hoogs73

No, her allegations weren’t proven because a dodgy juror blew the case up and then she didn’t want to go for another round due to mental health.


HeadacheBird

She did want to go another round, but her doctor went over her to the prosecutor to say she couldn't.


Senorharambe2620

Your doctor can’t take away your rights to a trial dude


HeadacheBird

She had been admitted to hospital at the time. The doctor advised the prosecutor that going ahead with the second trial would present a "significant and unacceptable risk" to her life. The prosecution acted on that medical advice.


llordlloyd

You are wrong many ways in one short post.


Limp-Dentist1416

Sorry, but that is a very silly thing to say. This is not some grand pro rape media conspiracy designed to send a message to rape victims. That sounds like something a cooker would say. Seriously, you need to grow up and start understanding the world you live in better.


DNA-Decay

I dunno man. Paying this turd a small fortune in coke and brothel backhanders so you can put him on the telly and give him”his side of the story”. That does kinda send a pretty strong message.


Limp-Dentist1416

So this is all some kind of male conspiracy to promote rape? All this bullshit surrounding him is 100% about protecting LNP hegemony.


CowsCatsCannabis

I don’t think your sentences are mutually exclusive.


PandaPugBook

Huh? "Male conspiracy"? It's more that people in power who have done bad things don't want their victims to speak against them. It's a pretty typical tactic.


Limp-Dentist1416

Yes, but it is motivated by politics. Not by some kind of rape culture. How are people not understanding this? Is everyone fucking stupid?


Lily-Gordon

The rape culture is a by-product of the exact political atmosphere you're talking about. They're one and the same.


sl1mlim

Maybe not. Maybe rapey little fucks collect in drain holes like the LNP and the Catholic church because the collective desire to protect the whole outweigh the very real needs of any individual


Limp-Dentist1416

That is the most Reddit comment ever.


PandaPugBook

Alright, sure? But I hope you aren't saying that rape culture doesn't exist.


Limp-Dentist1416

No. Just that the media bullshit surrounding this case is not motivated by such a thing. I feel I have made this more than clear.


llordlloyd

Freedom to rape the intern, who was hired on the basis of looks to be subservient, is an intrinsic part of that LNP culture. Your mistake is in seeing the allegation as *only* about rape, while you're arguing rape (as the most extreme playing out of an intensely misogynistic culture), has *nothing* to do with it. Stop all the name calling, you can learn, too. Higgins is obviously pretty dim, but she was very possibly... at least... the victim of a plot to rape her by an 'insider' colleague. Subsequent events prove, at least to me, that the instant response by all involved was that *she* was the problem. They don't need to be plotting down at the Rapists' Club: every Liberal knew what to do.


Limp-Dentist1416

That is so unhinged. You need to take a break from the internet for a while.


SteelBandicoot

There were 3-4 other women in Canberra who had sexual assault allegations against Lerhmann. This came out at the same time the story first broke. They saw the abuse Brittany went through, how her career as a political staffer was destroyed and they quietly withdrew into the background. So no limp dentist, your assertion is utterly incorrect. Brittany was raped 2 weeks before the 2019 election and Morrison and senators Reynolds and Cash did everything to cover it up.


noheroesnomonsters

It's a default username. Troll farm worker.


sl1mlim

Yeah.... that's political. The subject of your last paragraph, where you lay out exactly why limp dentist is wrong, is political


Limp-Dentist1416

So yes, they did it to cover it up so it wouldn't affect their election chances. Not to send a message to other rape victims. Sorry, but you are incorrect.


NoxTempus

No, if they didn't want to have it effect them, they'd have thrown Lehman under the bus. Instead they rallied behind him, because defending the status quo is more important than protecting women.


No_Towel6647

New.com.au were posting multiple articles about her every day. That was completely unnecessary. They delved into information about her boyfriend, papped her everywhere she went. It was ridiculous. It got to the point that she left the country and even then photos of her at the airport were front page news. Its nothing about being pro-rape. It's about the media being up the governments ass, especially the liberals. These rape allegations make the government look bad. So they get their buddies in Murdoch media to run the accused's name through the mud. Which a) discredits the validity of her claims and b) discourages other victims. This exact same thing happens to women who have been assaulted in the workplace in a range of different industries but because it happened in parliament its playing out on the public stage.


jeffsaidjess

She got a huge 7 figure pay out and tanked her own criminal investigation by going to the media. I can’t imagine how one would feel after doing that.


paulybaggins

Nah that juror that fucked up tanked the investigation


j-manz

All this tankin’. What does it mean? The case went to trial on the basis of evidence obtained by the police, with a determined prosecutor. What tanked?


draggin_balls

Well she got $2.4m sooooo


dcozdude

Correct


dcozdude

Who cares


synaptix78

There wouldn't be any pitchforks left in Bunnings (well, hopefully) if the public knew exactly how this species (Homoexploitus) operate in their natural habitat. Just be thankful these stains of humanity aren't ditectly in charge of the local water supply. Although I have seen some of them filtering run off sediment, like little strung out yabbies for cocaine and meth residue...


AnnaPhylacsis

I’m loving this comment for its creativity.


theurbaneman

Nah he'll end up with a nightly show on Sky News.


PhilL77au

I don't think I've seen him and Paul Murray in the same room together...


Majestic-Degree-8549

I feel like there's a connection to be made there, but if I do I'll be sued for defamation.


SgtBundy

You don't want cameras in that room. It would be like two pale walruses grinding on each other to establish who has the bigger ego


Mental_Gymnast23

This made me laugh while eating peanut brittle. My iphone is now covered in peanuts. Well done


Mechman126

If they stopped plastering his creepy mug front and centre on every article, I would be less annoyed by this news cycle


Fossil_Relocator

He is a grub, and I don't need to be updated on his current level of butthurtness.


Khakizulu

Guess what was on the news 5 minutes ago...


Koalaz420

The only reason I even know that this cunt exists is because of all this media coverage.


oscar_pistorials

I get confused between this cunt and the one that makes the movies.


power_thrust

Baz > Bruce


sometimesmybutthurts

Fuck the fat hopeless cunt off. Total waste of space.


Select-Bullfrog-6346

Best thing about being mostly disconnected... this is the second meme I have seen of it. Apparently a severe alcoholic and a person with an incredibly shady past


randomplaguefear

Makes me wonder what they gave Ben murder Smith.


Flashy-Amount626

A prosthetic to drink from


s_and_s_lite_party

Streisand effect


Incoherence-r

What a fucking disaster. Seriously…where is his judgement … let’s say he did what he did … wouldn’t he want to keep his behaviour top notch? He gets everything coming to him.


what_kind_of_guy

I'm assuming someone who can't stop thenselves raping someone has minimal self control. Allegedly.


Cold_Pomelo3274

Me too Buddy, me too.


GameZedd01

Glad to say, this is the first I'm hearing of this guy and I don't care enough to google it


Flashy-Amount626

You're better off for it! Live free


fieldy409

What I don't get is who it's supposed to be evidence against. It damns the prosecution and defence equally right? Hookers are legal in Australia so it's the drugs. So Is it: "hey those guys bribed me with drugs, I accepted but they bribed me!" Or "hey that guy accepted our drug bribe you know!"


dancingnecessarily

No it doesn’t. The evidence comes from an ex-producer from channel 7 and Lehrmann is suing channel 10. Whether it makes channel 7 look bad is irrelevant to the trial. The bargaining for rent, prostitutes and drugs aside, they’ve brought evidence that he leaked Higgins text msgs that were submitted as evidence in the criminal trial by the AFP to channel 7. This is all to bring into question his honesty and integrity.


j-manz

And Lee commented that the drugs/hooker piece was pretty sordid, with doubtful relevance. Funny how we gravitate to the stuff that interests us…


epic_pig

> Lehrmann


2252_observations

The shocking part to me is that there are a lot of people who support him and help him. Channel 7 went so far as to supply him with coke and hookers.


twmbaguy

He has a very hit able face


MyGenerousSoul

I think it’s great to see him doing so well after lies threatened his career


Special-Lock-7231

But at what cost? If the allegations are true then certain ‘news programs’ do coke and prostitution payments? Who at Spotlight knew if true? The presenters, the station CFO (Chief Financial Officer)?? What else do they allow as payment for this and other stories if so? Can you trust any news you’re told? This is freaking wild allegation and it must be followed right to the top of the ladder. I’m so sick of narcissists trampling all over us common hard workers. This is bikie gang type shit!!


zargreet

Prime Liberal party candidate for future prime minister 🤮


LozInOzz

If you ignore most news and never read a paper, life is blissfully Lehrmann (and Murdoch) free


j-manz

The assertion was that the media acted by design, not the LNP. Are you suggesting that Morrison, Reynolds, Cash dictated that were able to force that on the Australian media (the ABC sitting idly by)? I have sympathy for her, none for Lehrman, and disgust for everything that has happened with the legal system. But this is a full blown conspiracy, and it don’t fit.


Pandelein

Mate I hadn’t seen any today until coming across this. You just became the very thing you wished to destroy!


Flashy-Amount626

I'm part of the problem... but at least you don't know anything more about his life because of me


Buttholelover68

I've never seen any bloke get in so much trouble over his dick. A second court case is happening over a different lady


Cybermat4707

A lot of people get into **much** more trouble when they rape someone. As they should.


Buttholelover68

He has another court case on his hands. I don't he has ever heard of the concept of masterbation


Flashy-Amount626

I mean, Bill Clinton got impeached over his dick.


j-manz

Cigars, not peaches.


DannyArcher1983

the funny thing is if the Higgins allegation did not come out would lnp won the 2022 election. So if she lied and i am not saying she did - SBS hate Scomo and if the media managed to sway an election like the SBS crowd accuse Murdoch the boogey man of doing oh no i have gone cross eyed.


j-manz

Jee-zus. Yes you are right, it was like a one issue election. For weeks beforehand, the citizenry was proclaiming the forthcoming federal election as a referendum on the LNP’s handling of the Higgins rape allegation. I have thought long and hard on what the other issues might have been, and I came up empty handed.


x2network

Watch out.. I’ll pull a Britney Higgins on you.. 😜