Brittany Higgins and her now-husband David Sharaz were allegedly drip-feeding mendacious accusation to Anthony Albanese's closest allies successful a bid to destruct the Morrison government, according to bombshell caller tribunal documents filed by Linda Reynolds' defence team.
The erstwhile Defence Industry curate is suing some Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz separately successful the WA Federal Court implicit societal media comments they made which she claims defamed her.
A proceedings is scheduled for aboriginal August aft aggregate rounds of mediation talks betwixt the parties failed to scope an agreement.
It has since emerged that tribunal documents filed by Ms Reynolds' ineligible squad person been amended to allege that her erstwhile worker Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz engaged successful a governmental conspiracy designed to weaponise her rape allegations against the Liberal government.
An updated connection of claim, obtained by The Australian newspaper, alleges that Ms Higgins 'acted maliciously' successful making the societal media posts.
'They were published successful furtherance of a program by the suspect and Mr Sharaz to usage the defendant's allegations of a rape and the governmental cover-up … arsenic a limb to inflict contiguous governmental harm upon the plaintiff and the past government,' the connection of assertion reportedly states.
Senator Reynolds alleges that portion of that program included organising meetings with Labor figures specified arsenic concern curate Katy Gallagher and overseas minister Penny Wong, who were allegedly provided with mendacious information.
The senators were past encouraged to inquire 'aggressive questions' astatine Question Time successful February 2021, soon aft Ms Higgins went nationalist with her rape allegations against erstwhile workfellow Bruce Lehrmann successful March 2019.
Brittany Higgins and her now-husband David Sharaz (both pictured) were allegedly drip-feeding mendacious accusation to Anthony Albanese 's closest allies successful a bid to destruct the Morrison government, according to bombshell caller tribunal documents
Senator Linda Reynolds (pictured) alleges that portion of their program included organising meetings with Labor figures specified arsenic Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong who were allegedly provided with mendacious information
Mr Sharaz messaged Ms Higgins astatine the time: 'Katy is going to travel to maine with immoderate questions you request to hole for … she's truly invested now.'
On February 17, 2021, Senator Gallagher accused Senator Reynolds during question clip of engaging successful a 'cover-up' by not answering questions connected whether Ms Higgins was encouraged not to study the incidental to police.
'By withholding information, what she is continuing is the cover-up that has been nether mode for 2 years, which has been the origin of overmuch trauma to Ms Higgins,' Sentaro Gallagher reportedly said.
'It's the cover-up, often, that is arsenic traumatic arsenic different elements of a superior transgression similar this due to the fact that it compounds the trauma.
'It means that radical she worked for, radical she looked up to, who she expected to dainty her properly, haven't.'
Senator Reynolds alleges that these 'aggressive' questions and the fallout from Ms Higgins' interrogation with The Project, which aired that aforesaid period led to her being hospitalised.
In alleging a conspiracy, the connection of assertion besides refers to assorted substance messages betwixt Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz.
On February 17, 2021, Senator Katy Gallagher (pictured) accused Senator Reynolds during question clip of engaging successful a 'cover-up' by not answering questions connected whether Ms Higgins was encouraged not to study the incidental to police
In 1 sent successful March 2021, Ms Higgins wrote: 'He's (Scott Morrison) astir to beryllium f****d over. Just wait. We've got him.'
On March 28, 2021, Mr Sharaz wrote: 'Suck s*** Linda … You atrocious human.'
The connection of assertion besides refers to the 5 hr pre-interview gathering betwixt The Project big Lisa Wilkinson, her producer, Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz.
In it, Mr Sharaz outlined a timeline for moving the interrogation to dovetail with the Senate estimates.
'Mr Sharaz stated 'I asked Britt, ultimately, what bash you privation retired of this? And she goes 'well, I privation Bruce t everlastingly person it hard getting a job, similar it's going to beryllium hard for me',' the connection of assertion reads.
'Apparently addressing the suspect directly, Mr Sharaz past said, 'and past you said, best-case scenario, Linda Reynolds...' and the radical erupted with laughter.'
The statment of assertion besides alleges Mr Sharaz teed up meetings with different elder Labor figures, including past absorption person Anthony Albanese, erstwhile premier curate Kevin Rudd and lawman person Tanya Plibersek.
The paper reported that Ms Higgins is defending the claims.
In April this year, Justice Michael Lee handed down a 324-page judgement successful the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case, which recovered that the rape did instrumentality place.
But Justice Lee besides recovered nary grounds for the governmental 'cover-up narrative' helium said was pushed by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz 'from the archetypal moment' of their determination to talk to Lisa Wilkinson on The Project in February 2021.
He described the conspiracy communicative arsenic 'objectively abbreviated connected facts but agelong connected speculation and interior inconsistencies'.
Shortly aft the ruling, Ms Reynolds told Daily Mail Australia it 'would beryllium an understatement' to accidental she was pleased with Justice Lee's ruling, describing the full matter arsenic the 'cover-up that ne'er was'.
'For 3 years I person endured aggravated nationalist scrutiny, vilification, vile trolling and person been demonised arsenic the villain successful a communicative of a governmental cover-up I person ever known to beryllium untrue,' she said.
Ms Reynolds said she was 'committed to afloat vindicating' her estimation successful the aftermath of Justice Lee's landmark finding.
The lawsuit is acceptable down for proceedings connected August 2.
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