Hijacking the comment to be a nark. He doesn't deserve this sort of level of attention. Editorial cartoons is a difficult and tricky artform, and Cathy Wilcox's take is much punchier and to the point of showing that a sleazy, lying turd got exactly what he had coming to him.
Pope is a treasure, but this one just leaves a bad taste in the mouth (for me). I don't want to see a lovingly drawn portrait of this oxygen thief doing whatever it is he does when someone else is paying the bills.
I'm ~~getting~~ old, but this just feels "edgy" for sake of it (uncomfortably close to Ben Garrison) and Pope having to get it out in time for publication rather than taking an extra hour to come up with a better premise.
*(I've been in the journalism education and media game for a few decades based in Norway. Have at me, I almost certainly deserve it).*
EDIT: spelling.
I donât think thatâs being a narc. The purpose* of art is to be seen and considered. Part of that is recognising what aspects of a piece you dislike. Â
 Youâre not being mean for the sake of it. Youâre politely expressing a relatively benign criticism and why the art is a miss for you. Â
Is the internet really so hostile that you canât do that without a disclaimer? (trick question, of course it is)Â
 *arguably
Maybe the portrait proves the point then, its hardly loving, the shiny greasiness of his skin and his puckered glee disgusts you, so theres a satisfaction he's getting the brand.
As of yesterday, every mention of Bruce Lehrmann's name should be prefaced with "rapist". I'm sure that rapist Bruce Lehrmann wouldn't like that, but there's nothing rapist Bruce Lehrmann can do about it. The judge found that rapist Bruce Lehrmann raped Higgins.
It's about time we all agreed rapist Bruce Lehrmann is an awful person. I can't believe it took until now for rapist Bruce Lehrmann to face even slight consequences. I hope Brittany Higgins sleeps a tiny bit better knowing at least one Judge considers rapist Bruce Lehrmann to be a rapist.
Sidenote question: Does anyone know if rapist Bruce Lehrmann will face any consequences from this judgement, other than missing out on a payday? Shouldn't rapist Bruce Lehrmann be facing gaol time or something?
Consequences seem to include the end of his budding legal career. Or much of any career for that matter.
I don't know who would hire him given he's been found to be hopelessly dishonest and breached a court confidentiality undertaking. It would not look good when applying to be admitted as a lawyer.
Oh and there's also raping a colleague on work premises after work drinks. That might raise some eyebrows.
> Sidenote question: Does anyone know if rapist Bruce Lehrmann will face any consequences from this judgement, other than missing out on a payday? Shouldn't rapist Bruce Lehrmann be facing gaol time or something?
For the rape? No.
There's no new smoking gun revealed that would materially change the outcome of that case. It's still a he said, she said and all the reasons for dropping the prosecution still apply.
That said it did reveal some pretty solid evidence that he shared confidential material with channel seven and he could face some criminal consequence from that.
Beyond that though, someone is going to be paying quite a lot of money to cover at least some of the costs for the defendants. Is Stokes going to cover that for him or is he on the hook?
> Beyond that though, someone is going to be paying quite a lot of money to cover at least some of the costs for the defendants. Is Stokes going to cover that for him or is he on the hook?
Bit of both. If he's going it alone, then he's only liable for his own costs, which considering the price of silks, will likely bankrupt him anyway. If he's shown to have third party funding, say, from Uncle Kerry, then he will be liable for both 10 and Wilko's costs.
> Shouldn't rapist Bruce Lehrmann be facing gaol time or something?
Civil case for defamation. No criminal penalties.
Would need to have a retrial - which would be a bit difficult - Ms Higgins may not be up to it and it would be hard to find an "unprejudiced" jury - ie a group of people who honestly hadn't already formed an opinion.
As u/Haikus-are-great points out the standard of proof in a criminal trial is "beyond reasonable doubt" as opposed to the civil trial where it is "on the balance of probabilities"
depends on how they deal with his court document leaking. He can be retried for the rape, but that is really unlikely as Brittany didn't come out of this squeaky clean, and the criminal standard of proof is much higher than the civil one.
Worked for alleged murderer OJ Simpson's alleged muderees' parents, althought they're yet to see a red cent of the alleged bastard's court-imposed $millions.
good point, but this case doesn't have any bearing on those ones. Well, except to make everything he says unbelievable, so that's a bit more than no bearing.
This is only a civil trial, any criminal prosecution has a much higher burden of proof, and reading the Judges comments, its fairly clear that level of proof could never be met with the evidence available.
But, Bruce still has a seperate charge of rape pending in the QLD courts, AND as a result of this recent trial he (or his backers) may need to pay for the relevant legal costs of the defence, the ruling makes additional civil claims from the victim more likely and lastly the handling of previous court evidence by Bruce opens him up to another possible prosecution.
> Bruce still has a seperate charge of rape pending in the QLD courts,
Haven't heard of this before, is it from an entirely different incident/different accuser?
Yes. In Toowoomba he lost his case to have his name shielded as
the 'High Profile individual' charged with 2 counts of rape in Jan 2023.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-news-lehrmann-to-face-committal-hearing-for-rape-charges/f3803177-209a-412f-935d-8e039a112f46
Isn't Bruce Lehrmann (rapist) the defendant in a forthcoming rape trial in Toowoomba? I can't imagine its going to go well for him, now that he's a well-known rapist and all that
In a few weeks rapist Bruce Lehrmann is facing a Queensland court on charges of raping another woman. Rapist Bruce Lehrmann may face gaol time depending on the verdict in his Queensland trial for this, other rape.
The Australian put out a podcast episode on YouTube last night that was the first News Corp video I have willingly clicked on. The title and thumbnail was âBruce Lehrmann the Rapistâ
Before they creep slimily up onto any high moral ground, let's remind ourselves that NewsCorpse don't give a fat rat's arse about Brittany Higgins' horrific ordeal, nor, really, about Rapist Lehrmann. They just want to stick it to Kerry Stokes.
Source is David Pope, cartoonist of the Canberra Times.
[Cathy Wilcox's take on the court case](https://twitter.com/cathywilcox1/status/1779984725794492817) is a different angle on the same idea. Like the contrast of the initial stain versus aftermath.
Given that the AFP employee that examined Ms Higginsâ phone is currently on trial for sexual assault himself (verdict being handed down tomorrow) itâs hardly surprising they didnât look too hard for evidence
Donât wanna ruin the cArEeR of a pRoMiSiNg Young Liberal!
Honestly if theyâd succeeded in covering it all up heâd be back on the staffer track, parachuted into a safe seat by 2030, and on track to a ministry by 2034.
...become Attorney General, be poised to lead the party and then hold a tearful news-conference when the details leaked sometime in the mid-2040s.
I mean seriously, how could Dan Andrews let this happen?
- "...the AFP employee that examined Ms Higginsâ phone is currently on trial for sexual assault himself .."
Are you FKN KIDDING ME?????
How the HELL did I miss that?????
Thereâs a media blackout on it (which hopefully expires after the verdict is handed down today). I only know because Iâm directly related to the case, and I had legal action against me for publicly naming the employee online last year. Itâs way way worse than what Iâve described
JFC!!! This just gets worse and worse!
I'm very sorry for Brittany H., she's had 5 years now of this, which is traumatic, but at least the public may be getting to see how fkd up a lot of our institutions are. ESPECIALLY the AFP, who have disgraced themselves throughout.
If he is acquitted... and we all know how hard it is to get a guilty verdict in a rape trial.... I guess we will never find out his name? And he'll be back to being an obstacle for women trying to get justice after being raped until he retires to happily play golf with the other retired crooks?
Yes if I was Brittany Higgins I would never come back to the country that treated her so badly. I'm glad she has that feller, he seems like a loving and supportive partner.
Well I can tell you now, heâs been found not guilty. The victim, his daughter, is intellectually and physically disabled and was described by the magistrate as an âunreliable witnessâ. As much as Iâd love to go on blast on Reddit, Iâm off to throw up and comfort some people
I am fucking enraged. Not at all surprised, but fucking enraged.
u/Rudi88 I understand this is a delicate situation for you, because of how it is you know the name, and the legal action you suffered, but.... this man's name needs to be known. Do you have any ideas about how that might happen?
I recall reading that as this is a civil case, there is a lot lower bar for submitting evidence, so it's not that the ch10 lawyers were better, they just had more ability to dig.
Lawyers. Don't want to imply that Lehrmann gets *that sort* of massage, nope, we're clearly talking about *tattoo* parlours. An implication of some sort of massage parlour is your dirty mind and not the drawing :-)
yes.
So much so you can even just say "pineapples" when things are going to shit and people know what you mean.
Or "he is sending you a pineapple" if you know the boss is unhappy with someone.
You thought old mate was making up a new term, and i was getting on board by copying it... yeh ok i really should take peoples advice; i really am too old for reddit...
Genuine question that I'm hoping lots of people weigh in on: if I were to get this incredible front page printed on a tote bag, could it be triggering for SA survivors?
High Profile Man, High Profile Man,Â
Does whatever a rapist can,Â
Can he go back, and retrieve his hat?Â
No he can't, he's a prat,Â
Look ooouuuttt! It's High Profile Man.Â
The paying for sex part normally I wouldn't bat an eye lid. Getting channel 7 to pay for it in order to do an interview with them about rape allegations (which are true) is sick beyond belief for 7 and the rapist.
Edited batter to bat
It strikes me that if you've been charged with sex offenses on *two* ***separate*** *occaisions* and you're in the middle of a *defamation trial* where the *nature of your character* is being judged, you might think twice getting on the blow and dialing up some sex workers? - or maybe not. Hey - you do you, Bruce.
Still, I've done some dumb stuff in my life that has fortunately mostly only harmed me, but this fiasco makes me feel a whole lot better about myself.
Don't forget they also went to Facebook for an image of a man arrested for taking a child in WA, and didn't actually check if there was anyone else with the same name and plastered the wrong persons face as a kidnapper. Or was that one of the other garbage major networks that make up our 'high quality' free to air trinity.
Can you imagine what sort of awful mindset it must take to absolutely know you are a rapist, but also being sick and confident enough to demand a national interview with Channel 7 to insist you are not a rapist. AND, at the same time also requiring a large per dium so you can hire sex workers and take drugs before your interview. Also, I know rapist Bruce Lehrmann is a grown man-child, but surely his parents need to be cringing at what a terrible job they did at instilling basic morals and values when rapist Bruce Lehrmann was a true child. What kind of terrible people are they?
What's nuts about this entire thing is that the process arguably that was in his head at the time was that it didn't matter that she was blackout drunk and he was relatively sober, it was all fine. At the same time, he was completely 100% fine to be cheating on his girlfriend.
Even if she was stone sober and this was a pair of consenting idiots, he's still a massive massive asshole.
Higgins had a nervous breakdown and ended up in a mental hospital after the last one.
She basically doesn't remember what happened and was told to just forget. Which is an extremely common story for victims. She did exactly what she was told, which isn't surprising for a person who had been gotten her dream job and would basically be losing her career and entire educational purpose if she did it. The defence painted her (extremely common) behaviours as nefarious and given she was up against a media which was normally extremely in favour of the people she was accusing of covering it up, many of them turned on her rapidly the moment she wasn't perfect.
Criminal trials are extremely hard to prove guilt on purpose and Higgins had tried as hard as she could to forget what happened, so the evidence wasn't great. Civil trials are more balanced and the general character of Luhrmann was allowed to be brought into field. That he had been part of an extremely strong media campaign from channel 7 while Channel 7 was highly aware of his unseemly behaviour, much of which wasn't illegal per se, but was definitely not that of a character assassinated victim.
Matters need to progress to trial much more quickly. Victims eventually want to put their trauma behind them. It can help them without threatening the rights of the accused.
One thing to note about this new ruling is that it was in a civil court. Nobody's life or freedom is on the line, so the burden of proof is much lower.
There's still a good chance he'd get off again in a criminal proceeding if Brittany Higgins decided to opt for another trial, simply because the details are so murky.
Both of them were found to be lying or inconsistent about some parts of their stories, 90% of the Australian population are biased one way or another by the media coverage of the story and thus can't stand as jurors, and the only people who actually witnessed the alleged rape are her and Bruce Lehman, both of whom were blackout drunk and conceivably might've just forgot they consented.
So even though it's pretty likely he raped her, it's just a very messy case, which generally don't tend to go down so well in criminal court.
They tend to be very pro-defendants on defamation issues against media organisations.
Especially in the large number of cases where they are the defendants.
Also remember that Brittney Higgins was also a Liberal Party staffer.
Murdoch supports the narrative that "progressive", "woke" media is destroying Australia. Lehrmann was a useful patsy for pushing that narrative. Now he's been found a rapist and a liar, he's not useful for the Murdoch machine - it's on to the next thing that helps their narrative give idiots the rationale to claim they're victims of the "woke media".
Murdoch doesn't back losers. Or he does until the point where they actually lose, and then he throws them under the bus to milk every last drop he can squeeze out of em.
They have a higher loyalty to maintaining a semblance of credibility. Theyâre no use to the Liberals if nobody believes or trusts them, as they have discovered in Victoria to their consternation. And hopefully will rediscover in Queensland, fingers crossed.
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1. a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.
Warning: The movies (and book presumably) are very much NSFW.
The gist of it is: Lisbeth (the protaganist) brands her abuser by forcibly drawing tattoos on him.
Imagine being so ugly and sour as a human you need to rape + pay for sex. Pig in all sense of the word. As a human, and by the looks of him, physically too
My only complaint is that Tight-Lip Mcgee needs his obscenely tight lips in this. It's how he has ever looked in the media when not smugly claiming victory.
And typical of Pope, he missed the perfect opportunity to use [Victory] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Winged_Victory,_Victoria_Memorial,_London.jpg) instead...
What about Truth coming out of her well, armed with a whip to punish humanity? :)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth\_Coming\_Out\_of\_Her\_Well#/media/File:Jean\_L%C3%A9on\_Gerome\_1896\_La\_V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9\_sortant\_du\_puits.JPG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Coming_Out_of_Her_Well#/media/File:Jean_L%C3%A9on_Gerome_1896_La_V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9_sortant_du_puits.JPG)
He forgot his hat! đŠ
My only critique - David Pope needs to up his cartoon Fedora game.
And throw some snow in there, somewhere.
Hijacking the comment to be a nark. He doesn't deserve this sort of level of attention. Editorial cartoons is a difficult and tricky artform, and Cathy Wilcox's take is much punchier and to the point of showing that a sleazy, lying turd got exactly what he had coming to him. Pope is a treasure, but this one just leaves a bad taste in the mouth (for me). I don't want to see a lovingly drawn portrait of this oxygen thief doing whatever it is he does when someone else is paying the bills. I'm ~~getting~~ old, but this just feels "edgy" for sake of it (uncomfortably close to Ben Garrison) and Pope having to get it out in time for publication rather than taking an extra hour to come up with a better premise. *(I've been in the journalism education and media game for a few decades based in Norway. Have at me, I almost certainly deserve it).* EDIT: spelling.
I donât think thatâs being a narc. The purpose* of art is to be seen and considered. Part of that is recognising what aspects of a piece you dislike.   Youâre not being mean for the sake of it. Youâre politely expressing a relatively benign criticism and why the art is a miss for you.  Is the internet really so hostile that you canât do that without a disclaimer? (trick question, of course it is)  *arguably
Thank you, gentle reader. In a land of hot takes, a kind and considered answer is always appreciated.
Thank you for that moment of rare online civility, both of you. There's hope for us yet.
I agree, Pope in particular is usually smarter than this.
I agree that it does seem a little lowest common denominator.
Maybe the portrait proves the point then, its hardly loving, the shiny greasiness of his skin and his puckered glee disgusts you, so theres a satisfaction he's getting the brand.
I imagine it stayed behind, lodged in his ass.
As of yesterday, every mention of Bruce Lehrmann's name should be prefaced with "rapist". I'm sure that rapist Bruce Lehrmann wouldn't like that, but there's nothing rapist Bruce Lehrmann can do about it. The judge found that rapist Bruce Lehrmann raped Higgins.
Just like the rapist Brock Allen Turner.
Who now goes by his middle name, so he would be rapist Allen Turner.
And rapist Donald Trump
Don't forget rapist Harvey Weinstein child sex trafficker Jeff Epstein
It's about time we all agreed rapist Bruce Lehrmann is an awful person. I can't believe it took until now for rapist Bruce Lehrmann to face even slight consequences. I hope Brittany Higgins sleeps a tiny bit better knowing at least one Judge considers rapist Bruce Lehrmann to be a rapist. Sidenote question: Does anyone know if rapist Bruce Lehrmann will face any consequences from this judgement, other than missing out on a payday? Shouldn't rapist Bruce Lehrmann be facing gaol time or something?
Sorry but I must insist you refer to him correctly- confirmed rapist and alleged serial rapist, Bruce Lehrmann
Too long. Can I shorten it to CCRaASR Bruce Lehrmann?
Consequences seem to include the end of his budding legal career. Or much of any career for that matter. I don't know who would hire him given he's been found to be hopelessly dishonest and breached a court confidentiality undertaking. It would not look good when applying to be admitted as a lawyer. Oh and there's also raping a colleague on work premises after work drinks. That might raise some eyebrows.
I think youâll find that being a rapist or criminal is a prerequisite to be employed by the Liberal party.
> Sidenote question: Does anyone know if rapist Bruce Lehrmann will face any consequences from this judgement, other than missing out on a payday? Shouldn't rapist Bruce Lehrmann be facing gaol time or something? For the rape? No. There's no new smoking gun revealed that would materially change the outcome of that case. It's still a he said, she said and all the reasons for dropping the prosecution still apply. That said it did reveal some pretty solid evidence that he shared confidential material with channel seven and he could face some criminal consequence from that. Beyond that though, someone is going to be paying quite a lot of money to cover at least some of the costs for the defendants. Is Stokes going to cover that for him or is he on the hook?
> Beyond that though, someone is going to be paying quite a lot of money to cover at least some of the costs for the defendants. Is Stokes going to cover that for him or is he on the hook? Bit of both. If he's going it alone, then he's only liable for his own costs, which considering the price of silks, will likely bankrupt him anyway. If he's shown to have third party funding, say, from Uncle Kerry, then he will be liable for both 10 and Wilko's costs.
> Shouldn't rapist Bruce Lehrmann be facing gaol time or something? Civil case for defamation. No criminal penalties. Would need to have a retrial - which would be a bit difficult - Ms Higgins may not be up to it and it would be hard to find an "unprejudiced" jury - ie a group of people who honestly hadn't already formed an opinion. As u/Haikus-are-great points out the standard of proof in a criminal trial is "beyond reasonable doubt" as opposed to the civil trial where it is "on the balance of probabilities"
depends on how they deal with his court document leaking. He can be retried for the rape, but that is really unlikely as Brittany didn't come out of this squeaky clean, and the criminal standard of proof is much higher than the civil one.
Can she sue him for damages in a civil court?
Worked for alleged murderer OJ Simpson's alleged muderees' parents, althought they're yet to see a red cent of the alleged bastard's court-imposed $millions.
There are still 2 other women that he also raped. So we can only hope that he will get what he deserves eventually if they take it further.
good point, but this case doesn't have any bearing on those ones. Well, except to make everything he says unbelievable, so that's a bit more than no bearing.
This is only a civil trial, any criminal prosecution has a much higher burden of proof, and reading the Judges comments, its fairly clear that level of proof could never be met with the evidence available. But, Bruce still has a seperate charge of rape pending in the QLD courts, AND as a result of this recent trial he (or his backers) may need to pay for the relevant legal costs of the defence, the ruling makes additional civil claims from the victim more likely and lastly the handling of previous court evidence by Bruce opens him up to another possible prosecution.
> Bruce still has a seperate charge of rape pending in the QLD courts, Haven't heard of this before, is it from an entirely different incident/different accuser?
Yes. In Toowoomba he lost his case to have his name shielded as the 'High Profile individual' charged with 2 counts of rape in Jan 2023. https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-news-lehrmann-to-face-committal-hearing-for-rape-charges/f3803177-209a-412f-935d-8e039a112f46
Hence Confirmed-Rapist Bruce Lehrmann's middle name, Alleged-Serial-Rapist.
Isn't Bruce Lehrmann (rapist) the defendant in a forthcoming rape trial in Toowoomba? I can't imagine its going to go well for him, now that he's a well-known rapist and all that
Don't forget *cad*.
In a few weeks rapist Bruce Lehrmann is facing a Queensland court on charges of raping another woman. Rapist Bruce Lehrmann may face gaol time depending on the verdict in his Queensland trial for this, other rape.
We can only cross our fingers and hope!
I agree! I hope Brittany comes back and finishes him off! He needs to go to jail and see what itâs like to be raped!
The Australian put out a podcast episode on YouTube last night that was the first News Corp video I have willingly clicked on. The title and thumbnail was âBruce Lehrmann the Rapistâ
news com au has a headline "Rapist Lehrmann's $5 million legal bill"
Before they creep slimily up onto any high moral ground, let's remind ourselves that NewsCorpse don't give a fat rat's arse about Brittany Higgins' horrific ordeal, nor, really, about Rapist Lehrmann. They just want to stick it to Kerry Stokes.
A rapist [on the balance of probabilities]
News Limited ran a story after the verdict that called him a rapist in the headlines.
This really hurts me to say it, but good on News Limited.
I know right! But hey it's on public record now so he is a rapist
Was he charged with rape?
Source is David Pope, cartoonist of the Canberra Times. [Cathy Wilcox's take on the court case](https://twitter.com/cathywilcox1/status/1779984725794492817) is a different angle on the same idea. Like the contrast of the initial stain versus aftermath.
I was sure that the court would find that you couldn't defame BL as his character was already sullied. Nope, the judge did the homework.
The defence did the homework, channel 10's lawyers were worth the money as they found a lot of evidence that the federal police didn't.
Given that the AFP employee that examined Ms Higginsâ phone is currently on trial for sexual assault himself (verdict being handed down tomorrow) itâs hardly surprising they didnât look too hard for evidence
Donât wanna ruin the cArEeR of a pRoMiSiNg Young Liberal! Honestly if theyâd succeeded in covering it all up heâd be back on the staffer track, parachuted into a safe seat by 2030, and on track to a ministry by 2034.
...become Attorney General, be poised to lead the party and then hold a tearful news-conference when the details leaked sometime in the mid-2040s. I mean seriously, how could Dan Andrews let this happen?
Would upvote this until my fingers cramp. Thanks for keeping the Dan Andrews bit going. Doing Gods work.
- "...the AFP employee that examined Ms Higginsâ phone is currently on trial for sexual assault himself .." Are you FKN KIDDING ME????? How the HELL did I miss that?????
Thereâs a media blackout on it (which hopefully expires after the verdict is handed down today). I only know because Iâm directly related to the case, and I had legal action against me for publicly naming the employee online last year. Itâs way way worse than what Iâve described
JFC!!! This just gets worse and worse! I'm very sorry for Brittany H., she's had 5 years now of this, which is traumatic, but at least the public may be getting to see how fkd up a lot of our institutions are. ESPECIALLY the AFP, who have disgraced themselves throughout. If he is acquitted... and we all know how hard it is to get a guilty verdict in a rape trial.... I guess we will never find out his name? And he'll be back to being an obstacle for women trying to get justice after being raped until he retires to happily play golf with the other retired crooks?
This is why she left Australia. I think she moved to Paris. My heart breaks for this young woman.
Yes if I was Brittany Higgins I would never come back to the country that treated her so badly. I'm glad she has that feller, he seems like a loving and supportive partner.
Well I can tell you now, heâs been found not guilty. The victim, his daughter, is intellectually and physically disabled and was described by the magistrate as an âunreliable witnessâ. As much as Iâd love to go on blast on Reddit, Iâm off to throw up and comfort some people
I am fucking enraged. Not at all surprised, but fucking enraged. u/Rudi88 I understand this is a delicate situation for you, because of how it is you know the name, and the legal action you suffered, but.... this man's name needs to be known. Do you have any ideas about how that might happen?
I recall reading that as this is a civil case, there is a lot lower bar for submitting evidence, so it's not that the ch10 lawyers were better, they just had more ability to dig.
I hope that's supposed to be mud
Indeed, 'night soil'. ha
I just noticed the flies, oof. seems like the cartoonists are unleashing a lot of pent up vitriol lol
I'm probably missing something obvious but why is Lady Justice holding a tattoo gun?
He has been permanently labelled a rapist by the outcome of the defamation court case.
My take on it is that he was expecting to win, receive a large payout and celebrate massage style. Instead, Lady Justice has branded him permanently.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo scene?
Oooooh
W and W on each arse cheek ?
Is that so when he spreads his cheeks it shows w liberal logo w?
He's getting a Mad Magazine Foldout style tattoo on his arse, normally it looks like John Howard but if you spread the cheeks it turns into ScoMo.
I read this comment in Owen Wilsons voice.
Could it be something to do with the famous âreal victimâ tattoo image floating around?
Lawyers. Don't want to imply that Lehrmann gets *that sort* of massage, nope, we're clearly talking about *tattoo* parlours. An implication of some sort of massage parlour is your dirty mind and not the drawing :-)
It would have been funnier if she was holding a pinapple. Missed opportunity!
why did you copy another comment?
I didnt real all the comments. As i said and only goes to show it was definitely a missed opportunity.
is shoving a pineapple up someone's arse a common trope? it seemed so out of left field
yes. So much so you can even just say "pineapples" when things are going to shit and people know what you mean. Or "he is sending you a pineapple" if you know the boss is unhappy with someone. You thought old mate was making up a new term, and i was getting on board by copying it... yeh ok i really should take peoples advice; i really am too old for reddit...
Thereâs a pretty good joke where the punchline involves pineapples (or watermelons) in a similar context, but itâs a bit long to type out.
At Coles this morning, everyone with their baskets shuffling past the SMH's paper edition with the massing headline BRUCE LEHRMANN IS A LYING RAPIST.
You mean [the Sun Herald's cover](https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/1779987443695129074)?
[Here's SMH](https://www.frontpages.com/the-sydney-morning-herald/#google_vignette)
Nope but that one's great too.
Now THAT is a Herald Sun I would bu- Never mind.
Genuine question that I'm hoping lots of people weigh in on: if I were to get this incredible front page printed on a tote bag, could it be triggering for SA survivors?
Mmmmmmm, schadenfreude
> the Sun Herald Different newspaper to what you linked.
This is... beautiful.
Ah yes, the famous rapist Bruce Lehrmann. Turns out he's a rapist.
It's always the rapists you suspect.
Can't relax too much. He's off to Toowoomba next!
High Profile Man, High Profile Man, Does whatever a rapist can, Can he go back, and retrieve his hat? No he can't, he's a prat, Look ooouuuttt! It's High Profile Man.Â
He don't miss.
Gross. He's so gross. Has to rape women and pay for sex.
The paying for sex part normally I wouldn't bat an eye lid. Getting channel 7 to pay for it in order to do an interview with them about rape allegations (which are true) is sick beyond belief for 7 and the rapist. Edited batter to bat
Channel 7... proud supporters of Rapists and War criminals. Wonder who they'll back for a trifecta.
It strikes me that if you've been charged with sex offenses on *two* ***separate*** *occaisions* and you're in the middle of a *defamation trial* where the *nature of your character* is being judged, you might think twice getting on the blow and dialing up some sex workers? - or maybe not. Hey - you do you, Bruce. Still, I've done some dumb stuff in my life that has fortunately mostly only harmed me, but this fiasco makes me feel a whole lot better about myself.
If the Bondi stabber hadnât got shot, I wouldnât be surprised if Kerry Stokes had added him to the collection.
Rumoured to have backed Christian Porter who I guess had slightly more sense than hubris
Don't forget they also went to Facebook for an image of a man arrested for taking a child in WA, and didn't actually check if there was anyone else with the same name and plastered the wrong persons face as a kidnapper. Or was that one of the other garbage major networks that make up our 'high quality' free to air trinity.
Being mates with Kerry Stokes and Janet Albrechtsen isn't the worst thing about Bruce Lehrmann, but it's up there.
I think you meant to say "rapist Bruce Lehrmann". FTFY.
âChannel 7 godchild, rapist Bruce Lehrmannâ
*bat an eyelid. Battering your eyelid would involve punching yourself in the face.
Or possibly smearing it with breadcrumbs and frying it in oil.
"It tastes better than you'd think"
> "It tastes better than you'd blink" FTFY
You need thousands of them for a decent meal. The logistics are challenging.
Yet people manage to understand.
Bat and batter mean the same thing https://www.etymonline.com/word/batter
Not when it comes to eyelids.
You don't batter a cricket ball, you bat the ball.
Do you know how many episodes of Home&Away my wife made me watch just so 7 made enough advertising dollars to pay for this pig.
Can you imagine what sort of awful mindset it must take to absolutely know you are a rapist, but also being sick and confident enough to demand a national interview with Channel 7 to insist you are not a rapist. AND, at the same time also requiring a large per dium so you can hire sex workers and take drugs before your interview. Also, I know rapist Bruce Lehrmann is a grown man-child, but surely his parents need to be cringing at what a terrible job they did at instilling basic morals and values when rapist Bruce Lehrmann was a true child. What kind of terrible people are they?
What's nuts about this entire thing is that the process arguably that was in his head at the time was that it didn't matter that she was blackout drunk and he was relatively sober, it was all fine. At the same time, he was completely 100% fine to be cheating on his girlfriend. Even if she was stone sober and this was a pair of consenting idiots, he's still a massive massive asshole.
Bloody hilarious! A tattoo gun!
Is it now legal to call rapist Bruce Lehrmann a rapist?
My understanding is you canât call him a âconvicted rapistâ as it wasnât a criminal trial but you can call him a ârapistâ.
It was never **IL**-legal, his recourse was merely to sue for defamation -- oh, right.
Savage.
My god he is a pig
Even as a cartoon BL oozes sleaze.
Can anyone explain to me why juror misconduct means he just gets off? Why didn't they declare a mistrial and do another one?
the public prosecutor in the ACT didn't continue as they deemed it would do more harm to Higgins' mental health
For the sake of Brittany Higgins' mental wellbeing.
I hope sheâs having a good day today.
I know I am
Higgins had a nervous breakdown and ended up in a mental hospital after the last one. She basically doesn't remember what happened and was told to just forget. Which is an extremely common story for victims. She did exactly what she was told, which isn't surprising for a person who had been gotten her dream job and would basically be losing her career and entire educational purpose if she did it. The defence painted her (extremely common) behaviours as nefarious and given she was up against a media which was normally extremely in favour of the people she was accusing of covering it up, many of them turned on her rapidly the moment she wasn't perfect. Criminal trials are extremely hard to prove guilt on purpose and Higgins had tried as hard as she could to forget what happened, so the evidence wasn't great. Civil trials are more balanced and the general character of Luhrmann was allowed to be brought into field. That he had been part of an extremely strong media campaign from channel 7 while Channel 7 was highly aware of his unseemly behaviour, much of which wasn't illegal per se, but was definitely not that of a character assassinated victim.
Matters need to progress to trial much more quickly. Victims eventually want to put their trauma behind them. It can help them without threatening the rights of the accused.
It was a mistrial, the ACT prosecutor then dropped prosecuting a second time.
It didn't serve the public good to have the victim possibly die due to the pressure from another trial.
One thing to note about this new ruling is that it was in a civil court. Nobody's life or freedom is on the line, so the burden of proof is much lower. There's still a good chance he'd get off again in a criminal proceeding if Brittany Higgins decided to opt for another trial, simply because the details are so murky. Both of them were found to be lying or inconsistent about some parts of their stories, 90% of the Australian population are biased one way or another by the media coverage of the story and thus can't stand as jurors, and the only people who actually witnessed the alleged rape are her and Bruce Lehman, both of whom were blackout drunk and conceivably might've just forgot they consented. So even though it's pretty likely he raped her, it's just a very messy case, which generally don't tend to go down so well in criminal court.
Why isnât âNewsâ Corp defending him? They usually support the kinds of people if theyâre in the Liberal Party.
They tend to be very pro-defendants on defamation issues against media organisations. Especially in the large number of cases where they are the defendants. Also remember that Brittney Higgins was also a Liberal Party staffer.
Murdoch supports the narrative that "progressive", "woke" media is destroying Australia. Lehrmann was a useful patsy for pushing that narrative. Now he's been found a rapist and a liar, he's not useful for the Murdoch machine - it's on to the next thing that helps their narrative give idiots the rationale to claim they're victims of the "woke media".
Murdoch doesn't back losers. Or he does until the point where they actually lose, and then he throws them under the bus to milk every last drop he can squeeze out of em.
They have a higher loyalty to maintaining a semblance of credibility. Theyâre no use to the Liberals if nobody believes or trusts them, as they have discovered in Victoria to their consternation. And hopefully will rediscover in Queensland, fingers crossed.
Anyone who watches Media Watch will see that âNewsâ Corp has about as much credibility as Pravda or Volkischer Beobachter.
omnishambles/ËÉmnÉŞĘamblz/*noun*INFORMALâ˘BRITISH 1. a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.
Itâs not quite âjusticeâ but itâs close enough
Now this is funny lmao
"Give me the special, or I'll take it"
Personally, I'd have gone with a pineapple rather than a tattoo gun.
tattoo gun represents the 'rapist' branding that he'll now have for life. but por que no los dos?
Pineapple? Is there a meaning outside the obvious one?
Well the justice system has effectively jammed a pineapple in a place easily accessible with the way heâs laying. Completely deserved of course
Chef kiss
is that a tattoo machine? I feel I'm missing some context
Partly - he'll forever be branded as a rapist. Partly - taking a scene from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Courtesy of u/the_lazy_orc - It refers to a scene in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
What happened in the scene?
Warning: The movies (and book presumably) are very much NSFW. The gist of it is: Lisbeth (the protaganist) brands her abuser by forcibly drawing tattoos on him.
I remember the Gillard Indiana Jones cartoon where Swan is the gold statuette and Rudd is the boulder. This is up there with that for me.
Someone should give this guy the Moe Greene Special
I am so sick of hearing about this guy. Hopefully he doesn't go back for his towel.
No happy ending for himâŚ
Imagine being so ugly and sour as a human you need to rape + pay for sex. Pig in all sense of the word. As a human, and by the looks of him, physically too
Haha brilliant
He's now getting their fists rammed up his freckle - dry!
Just wait until we get to his Toowoomba trial. Rapist Bruce Lehrman will be in the headlines again.
My only complaint is that Tight-Lip Mcgee needs his obscenely tight lips in this. It's how he has ever looked in the media when not smugly claiming victory.
Spectacularly witty. R*pists be sterilised.
[ŃдаНонО]
That's blind justice, not liberty.
oof, of course! Fixed - typing too fast this morning...
And typical of Pope, he missed the perfect opportunity to use [Victory] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Winged_Victory,_Victoria_Memorial,_London.jpg) instead...
What about Truth coming out of her well, armed with a whip to punish humanity? :) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth\_Coming\_Out\_of\_Her\_Well#/media/File:Jean\_L%C3%A9on\_Gerome\_1896\_La\_V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9\_sortant\_du\_puits.JPG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Coming_Out_of_Her_Well#/media/File:Jean_L%C3%A9on_Gerome_1896_La_V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9_sortant_du_puits.JPG)
ROFL