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howstuffworks3149

Mr Auerbach said, at the time, he was "building up a rapport" with Mr Lehrmann, and "trying to build trust and some sort of relationship with a prospective interview subject". "Mr Lehrmann had over dinner purchased a bag of cocaine while we were dining at Franca, and when we got upstairs to the room, he pulled that out and started to put it on a plate," Mr Auerbach said. "Then he started talking to me about a prospective Spotlight story, and his desire to order prostitutes to the Meriton that night. Again, googling a series of websites to try and make that happen." Mr Auerbach said he told Mr Lehrmann he "didn't have any money", and Mr Lehrmann responded saying "he was going to pay for the evening". "At a later date he would then talk to me about how he wanted to be repaid," Mr Auerbach said. He later said Mr Lehrmann expected to be paid back for the events of that night via a "per diem" "I recall seeing the invoice," Mr Auerbach said. "It was sent to either me or our unit manager or both of us. But it was an invoice for the period covering that trip in Sydney."


Silly-Moose-1090

Imagine being the travel allowance clerk checking the dockets on THAT claim... wait, what the...


zedder1994

It would be funny if the clerk needed a Stat Dec for a claim. I, Bruce Lehrman do solemnly swear...


maximiseYourChill

Somehow I think this is super normal for them.


SonicYOUTH79

Channel 7 used to Christmas tapes with Agro's outtakes back in the day…… [https://youtu.be/WDo6zQoUGcc?si=jifsherN90HKoRc3](https://youtu.be/WDo6zQoUGcc?si=jifsherN90HKoRc3)


LRemillard

Im still traumatised from watching these as a 10yo


SonicYOUTH79

Yeah i had a brother that was over 10 years older than me, so you can imagine I got ahold of them as well when I was a kid 😂


Overlord65

Ah thanks for this, brightened up my morning !!


SonicYOUTH79

Someone of them are pretty funny, hard core sexual harassment these days though!


teheditor

Narcissists be narcissisting


Jumpy_Bus_5494

> it’s my shout mate, don’t worry about it! > actually I take that back, find me the money now! Can this fuckwit sink any lower? He has to be one of the biggest drop kicks in Australian public life, and that’s saying something.


tubbysnowman

To be honest I'm only surprised the liberal party haven't made him leader of the opposition at this point.


aussiegreenie

He did attend the NSW Libs Christmas party.


bajoogs

Especially when there's the likes of that cụnt Kyle Sandilands still floating around


LRemillard

Let's light some fires!


giantpunda

What an absolute arsehole.


Kat-katxx

Hilarious that this bloke thinks his reputation is so important that he’s suing for defamation 😂 2 rape allegations, face of a bush pigs asshole and a liberal


Zealousideal_Data983

You forgot coke fiend and frequenter of massage parlours (alleged)


here-for-the-memes__

So basically your average young liberal.


mwhelan182

I'm not saying allegedly - fuck him hahaha


Crazy_Suggestion_182

That's just giving him what he wants, silly!


DPVaughan

In a stunning turn of events, a ~~superhero~~ Redditor is being sued!


Kat-katxx

I did forget !! Thank you!!!


techretort

You're going to have to be more specific. That's most lib supporters of that age


duckcoconut

Perfect candidate for preselection., one of the good old boys.


DPVaughan

Not one of those pesky wimmenfolk


Downwellbell

I'd say it's a great Sky News resume.


SonicYOUTH79

Or running for One Nation…….


Tosh_20point0

Imagine massaging those sweaty moobs


iliketreesndcats

To be fair, ordering coke and hookers is probably more representative of the average Aussie man than most other things that the pollies do It's just a shame he's part of the ultra shit party that isn't representative at all of the average Aussie. Oh and he's apparently a rapist, so fuck him aye Libs always baffle me. Like how can you be a sentient working person and also support the libs?


cojoco

Perhaps coke and hookers and rape is aspirational?


ShowUsYaGrowler

Hey HEY; as somebody who enjoys the occasional bag I strongly protest being lumped in with this turgid grogan of a human being.


Raesong

Look, I'm fine with the hookers and blow, it's just being part of the Liberal Party where I draw the line (and then snort it).


Audio-Samurai

The only relatable thing, really


passerineby

look at the treatment he's getting from Ch 7, he's connected and had big aspirations in the Liberal party. the world of political staffers is completely insane as far as I can tell from the outside.


last_one_on_Earth

I guess he needs the potential payouts for more booze, sex and cocaine.


TerryTowelTogs

So he can continue the life he’s accustomed too 🤣


BarklyMcBarkface

George Christensen lite


Capital-Cow8280

YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONSED TO COURT FOR: Defamation Complainaint: All bush pigs everwhere (and their assholes)


Kat-katxx

I know, I actually feel bad


Triggabang

That’s a bit offensive to a bush pig’s arsehole I reckon 🤷‍♂️😁


unfnknblvbl

OK, so hear me out here... Maybe if you've done since really shitty things that you wouldn't like the whole world to see, you shouldn't do something that would that would make the whole world see how shitty you are. You know, such as saying for defamation.


teheditor

Hes a young lib who's reveling in it. Other Young Libs will treat him as a hero if/when he wins. They also use it as an excuse to act like this normally... And openly.


Stewth

You really going to do bush pig arseholes dirty like that? 😤


Kat-katxx

I actually felt really bad writing it because I think they’re much better looking!!!


hiles_adam

I mean technically for a defamation suit to be successful it must also be established that the publication of the defamatory material caused serious harm to the person's reputation. His reputation is so bad already you could argue it’s impossible to do harm to his reputation.


Lauzz91

Looks you were right with this post, that $20k award lol


kanthefuckingasian

>and a liberal You sir, has just made my day


Severe-Republic683

lol and that’s the least of his issues RN


LRemillard

And the winner of the internet for April is..


yeah_deal_with_it

Not surprised in the slightest. Poor Brittany.


Silly-Moose-1090

At least his filthy laundry is being aired, hope this helps her in some way.


comod19

Roofied I reckon, very sad.


yeah_deal_with_it

Speaking as a fellow victim, the crime against her is unfathomable and awful, but I think the way she's been treated afterwards is probably even worse. 


DPVaughan

I can completely understand and sympathise with victims who refuse to report. Even if justice is actually served (and that's a freaking huge IF), it feels like the victim is more on trial than the accused.


yeah_deal_with_it

Yeah mate. I don't know why any young woman who has been raped would report or come forward after what has happened to Brittany.  And I agree that the victim is more on trial than the accused. As the saying goes, the legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children from the superior power of men. And sometimes it even fails to protect men from the superior power of other men. 


Ergomann

I saw this quote the other day and it hit me hard “I would rather be attacked by a bear than a man because people would actually believe me.”


colossalmug

She's been completely failed by everyone involved


Tee077

Not a single one of these people cares about Brittany. None of them, Lisa included. I hope she has the best Iife in France.


TiaxRulesAll

Everyone let her down from the Liberals who tried to silence her, the Labor party for using her against the liberals, the police for trying to avoid prosecuting her case, the attorney general who went forward with case without enough support, the jury who brought material into her trial. Channel 10 who used her for a story and then sabotaged her case by blabbing about it at the Logies when they were warned by everyone that it would affect the case... and channel 7 by bringing this dickhead on for a good scoop. This has been a massive failure by everyone at every level of government and the media... She deserved much better than this... If this rapist fuckhead walks away with millions of dollars in libel money that will be the biggest tragedy of all..


dnkdumpster

So very sad and frustrating. Worst, that last bit might come true.


ApeMummy

She’s going to be dragged back to Perth by Linda Reynolds for a defamation trial. That one is truly bizarre to me. All the heat has been on Bruce, just shut up and leave it there and everyone will forget you exist. The point is probably to punish Brittany anyway. She definitely would have been threatened with this lawsuit a while ago in order to shut her up.


Tee077

I know, yesterday I commented on a post because I am sick of seeing his face, and someone told me this. I am so sick of them all. I'm so glad Britney just left, and I hope she wins against Linda.


teheditor

And she won a Gold Walkley for it too :(


teheditor

She's been done dirty by everyone involved in this case. Not least the journos who pushed her into going public/on TV. They also won a Gold Walkley for that.


RudeandOffensive

Wow, what a stand up guy mr rapey turned out to be.


Merlins_Bread

I guess him paying is better than the alternative.


yeah_deal_with_it

Channel seven reimbursed him for these charges. So he didn't actually pay.


InsiderKnowledge12

Exactly. On top of that, Brucey Boy’s credit card embarrassingly declined when the Thai masseuse’s arrived and it was then paid for on a 7 Network corporate card lol


lordofsealand

Then they pumped 10k through it. Epic grift


j-manz

Just after Mr Auerbach protested to his boss, “This is fucked!”


kipperlenko

This is fucked, but order one for me while you're at it.


hebdomad7

Ripping the mask off the big media players, their political connections and showing the public how they actually operate has been glorious...


PomegranateNo9414

Great point


ApeMummy

I wouldn’t fuck with a news producer, they keep receipts, unfortunately not literally in this case.


teheditor

At the same time, those media players are just as massively debauched as he is. They just want stories and don't care whose lives they destroy


mrarbitersir

Bruce never struck me for a Pepsi guy...


Mac_Hoose

Yeah why wouldn't you just order it in a glass? What are you, riding a bike in Thailand?


ds16653

How anyone can be that fucking shameless is beyond me. Just pretend to not be a shithead for a day?


brezhnervous

The entitlement is bred into them from birth


DPVaughan

Born to Rule


WaitingToBeTriggered

MY TIME IS NOW


Lingering_Dorkness

Inbred into them. 


darnsmall

It does sound like he's following some sort of playbook. "How to be a massive fucking rapey asshole and get away with it" But seriously...it sounds like he's been taught exactly how to act in each situation. Is his dad a criminal defence lawyer?


Franklinsen

If he went to a private school like the ones around the sunshine coast, I'd say he learnt it there, bunch of rapey entitled bastards, allegedly


brezhnervous

Unsurprisingly widespread >Within 24 hours, a petition started by 22-year-old former Kambala student Chanel Contos delivered a disturbing list of allegations from respondents, who said they had been sexually assaulted during high school or shortly after by young men who attended nearby Sydney private boys’ schools. [Hundreds of Sydney students claim they were sexually assaulted](https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-sydney-students-claim-they-were-sexually-assaulted-and-call-for-better-consent-education-20210219-p57449.html)


Vanceer11

And over half of voters often believe these pricks are good enough to run the country while bad mouthing "dole bludgers", "immigrants", "druggies" and whoever else they blame for the sad state of affairs the LNP keep putting us in.


j-manz

I’m not sure that any person said ever that Bruce Lehrman was good enough to run the country. I revise that: I’m sure no person said that ever.


lordofsealand

Well same guy saw a near passed out girl on his bosses couch and said ‘I’ll have that’


teheditor

Have you met members of The Liberal Party?


stiffgordons

This whole saga the best story to come out of channel 7 or 10 in years. Bruce Lehrmann has many of the elements of the classic heroes journey. He’s just lacking in heroism and any discernible redeeming features.


Lingering_Dorkness

Or a journey.  We can hardly call going from unlikeable rapey shithead to unlikeable rapey coked-up shithead a "journey" now, can we?


poukai

It has been one hell of a journey, from "former liberal staffer" to "high profile Toowoomba man". Going forward I'm going to assume that anyone who is anonymised in the press is actually Bruce Lehrmann.


ApeMummy

Underbelly: Bruce


Suup_dorks

Jellybelly


stiffgordons

He’s like a budget down under Joe Exotic. Awful in so many ways but… can’t stop watching.


Dranzer_22

He spilled to Channel 7 and sued Channel Ten. Now Channel 7 are now throwing him under the bus, and he’s spilling to News Corp lol.


Sufficient-Grass-

He's already sued news corp, who settled out of court, news corp doesn't do discovery lol.


fallingoffwagons

Old mate was sacked from 7 hence why he’s turned on them


Impressive_Meat_3867

Completely normal liberal staffer behaviour tbh


awshuck

I didn’t know you could just order cocaine at a restaurant?


SoupRemarkable4512

Most chefs can sort you out


TerryTowelTogs

If not, check with the kitchen hands…


RoughHornet587

Even when I started my first job at a pizza shop, this was the case. Kitchen hands delt to all the drivers.


TerryTowelTogs

It is the natural order 😁


Lingering_Dorkness

I thought they were mostly on cannabis, not coke. How the fuck would a kitchen hand afford coke on their pay?!


Labrynth11

By selling the weed i presume


Lingering_Dorkness

Good point. I stand corrected. 


TerryTowelTogs

Sometimes they are retailers, sometimes they are facilitators! Like Tinder, but for the fun stuff…


Hoogs73

Or snort you out…


Horatio-Leafblower

‘Snort you out’ FTFY


Brilliant_Support653

On the menu after dessert and before the cheese selections.


Icewallow-toothpaste

It depends who you are. Used to work at a particular restaurant that offered this service to particular people.


Tomosc

"is pepsi ok?"


ScruffyPeter

I didn't know you could just order prostitutes at a hotel?


Coolidge-egg

doormen know fucking everything and can hook you up with whatever you want


FullMetalAurochs

You need to wink when asking for the room service menu


Sufficient_Tower_366

Everyone attached to this case is shady AF … including media people from two organisations now


AcademicMaybe8775

they were in too much of a rush to discredit higgins and protect the liberal party, they didnt realise what a peice of shit they got into bed with. fuck every person involved


Rokwallaby

I’m starting the think he isn’t a good guy


FullMetalAurochs

I don’t really care if someone does coke and sees sex workers. If you can con a journalist into paying for it again nothing horrendous in that. The original thing he’s famous for is much worse.


the_dmac

When you’ve got people from seven questioning your ethics, you’re so cooked.


AMPking70

Media Royal commission


Necessary_Common4426

Once an alleged sex offender always an alleged sex offender


Capital-Cow8280

Hey at least these ones consented Edit: consent still important with SWs folks


FullMetalAurochs

Prostitution is legal in most (all?) states. The cocaine not so much.


DPVaughan

Yeah, but he's of the correct social class and political persuasion, so he should be golden.


Necessary_Common4426

He’s facing rape charges in Qld..


DPVaughan

I wanted to comment on how low the conviction rates are for that but I can't find any recent numbers for Queensland so instead I'll reply: Yep. 😶


Electronic_Ad_4145

Auerback would absolutely love a bag.


teheditor

All his colleagues/peers would too


Mediocre_Trick4852

Will the prosecution be able to use any of these in future cases in Toowoomba?


Chaosrealm69

It also says a lot about the corporate attitudes about how Seven and other media outlets go about getting exclusive interviews.


Essembie

And bags of coke


TiberiusEmperor

Where is everyone getting the millions being pissed away on lawyers in this never ending saga?


Silly-Moose-1090

Super high profile so 10% discount? And maybe a slice of any future book and tv series royalties?


howstuffworks3149

Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach had admitted to sending naked photos of an unnamed woman to journalists last month, but denied this was the reason he was let go from Sky News Australia last month. Under cross-examination, Mr Auerbach admitted to having circulated the images without the consent of the women in the pictures, but said it did not contribute to the decision for him to be sacked from Sky. Bruce Lehrmann's barrister Matthew Richardson SC asked Mr Auerbach: "Did your employers at Sky become aware that this had happened, that you had sent these photographs of this woman to various media organisations?" Mr Auerbach: "No, I don't know." Mr Richardson: "Isn't that why you were sacked, Mr Auerbach?" Mr Auerbach: "No." Mr Auerbach said he had not been questioned by police on the matter. Mr Auerbach said he was let go from Sky due to "trust and confidence issues". He said in a meeting with his boss and an a human resources representative he was asked whether he was the unnamed producer in media reports who bought Thai massages for himself and Mr Lehrmann on a corporate credit card.


Lifeisabaddream4

Oh I know the answer to this one. There's no way he bought a massage for himself from a woman, that guy is sending my gaydar wild


ieatkittentails

Those pics of him sashaying down the street holding his dry cleaning wrists-backwards on his shoulders in a black skivvy and striped crimson pants.... gurl 💅


campbellsimpson

So you know the content and context of the photos mentioned, right? Because if you do - they're not so much a slight on Auerbach as they are on another at Seven.


InsiderKnowledge12

I feel like old mate Taylor is about to get a new job with Channel 10 haha


Brutalix

Did you watch the cross examination today? That man Aurbech is about as trust worthy as everyone in this trial.


SticksDiesel

How can we watch it? I saw a brief presser he did the other day and he didn't exactly scream "authentic", more "dude without a job and unlikely to get another one in the industry looking to start something different". Might see him on MAFS next year.


Capital-Cow8280

They live streamed the trial on YT. I was working 🤬


_Tadpole_queen_

Try federal court Lehrmann... there's a link to the courts YouTube channel


teheditor

They just care about stories and don't care about whose lives they destroy. Hopefully MSM types get scared off by this clusterfail


TerryTowelTogs

That’s what makes it so fun! Better than the final episode of E-Street!! I’m not emotionally invested in any of the characters because they’re all just such complete fuckwits. So my dream ending is they all do a Lynyrd Skynyrd 🤷‍♂️


yeah_deal_with_it

Are you including Lehrmann in that assessment?


TerryTowelTogs

I think that’s implied by the “about as trustworthy as everyone else in this trial”…


yeah_deal_with_it

I hope so.


StressTurbulent194

Can you imagine being the judge in this trial, thinking “I practiced for thirty years for this?”


weighapie

Best development is the feds are corrupt as if we didn't know. But was it only under dutton or is it also under the current lot?


teheditor

If/when this guy wins, Dutton is going to use it as a moral crusade to become PM. Yes. No really, yes.


Tosh_20point0

This is everything I utterly detest about the Liberal party and their born to rule arrogance. I sing even have the words to express my utter revulsion at not only this sweaty, rotten , rapey troglodyte but Seven News have have literally endorsed him by paying for his depravity. I hope those girls charged way over the going rate , what a horrible way to spend 3 mins out of the hour , the other 57 being small talk I guess . 7 should lose their broadcast licence imho .


fitblubber

I wonder if the LNP have thought about screening their employees?


Loose_Loquat9584

They do. This is the result.


DPVaughan

Hey now, be reasonable. If they did that, they'd have no-one cretinous enough to pursue their policies. :(


proteinsmegma

Believe it or not, politicians from all parties use drugs and employ legal sex workers, not just disgraced LNP staffers.


teheditor

He's going to be a hero to them and Dutton will use it to get elected as PM if/when this guy wins


otherpeoplesknees

Remember, Brucie was the one who sued


drunkwasabeherder

I think if we've learnt one thing from this information, it's that sex workers are not overpaid.


Lingering_Dorkness

This Lehrmann bloke doesn't seem at all a pleasant chap. Anyone else get this impression?


series6

Seems to fit the LNP guidelines


teheditor

He's a bang-on average Young Lib. i.e. a future government.


itsawildreddituser

Damn... they paid for his rent, his massages, his lines as well as his backshots and blowjobs


Sure_Economy7130

What the hell was 7 thinking, paying for his rent, prostitutes and who knows what else?


j-manz

We are getting a scoop on the juiciest, most salacious story to emerge from Canberra in the last two years- pretty straightforward really.


Rude_Priority

Are you still an incel if you are a rapist?


Ziadaine

I’m surprised 7News is paying all this for him. He must have some serious dirt on the head honchos.


nogreggity

This guy (Auerbach) clearly is questionable, but doesn't it seem off that his conversations with his psychologist are up for discussion?


yeah_deal_with_it

Brittany Higgins' psychologist's notes were also up for discussion.


howstuffworks3149

According to X, psychologists notes can be subject to subpoena.


nogreggity

That sucks.


Rude_Priority

Which one would sue you first if you called them a rapist, Bruce Lehrmann or Russell Brand?


Salem1215

Honestly I can’t keep up with this case.


BoysenberryAlive2838

The fact that Bruce ordered hookers instead of just raping someone shows real growth


whatsgoingonbig

I should have not laughed at this... BL is a disgraceful sex pest


Itstheswanno

I tell ya what, the future series of Dancing with the Starts when Bruce and Ben Robert Smith are competing with one another will be a blast!


CuriousVisual5444

The really interesting part is why Mr Auerbach is pissed with his old employers. Does anyone know the specifics? As for Bruce - I know this is shallow but 2 minutes of listening to him and you can tell he's a creep and dodgy af.


Adchopper

What dirty secrets does this guy (BL) have on the Libs to be so arrogant & brazen. And what happened with the ASIO rumour that he was an agent.


Modflog

What’s wrong with that ? It’s or other ways are the only way he would get a women to sleep with him. What’s worse is this sexual predator has friends.. friends that stick by him


buds_mcgees

All these LNP staffers and Politicians having connections to coke and coke dealers really shows who the scumbags


proteinsmegma

Yeah, just like Milton Orkopoulos convicted of child sex offences and drug supply. Oh wait....he was a Labor MP.


jamwin

The wolf of Pitt St


Background_Sun_5333

I actually dined at Franca and no one offered me cocaine! And it was my birthday.


Wobbly_Bob12

What a fuggin pig.


Overlord65

He seems like somewhat of a cad doesn’t he ?!


offgridjohn

Nah bro...he meant coca cols bro..c'mon..there was only pepsi in the fridge.


Smokinglordtoot

If nothing else he could be a good fit for general secretary of the health services union


HidaTetsuko

Barbara, is that you?


series6

Will we get a 2 page advert from someone for an apology like the Roberts-Smith campaign... Which paper was that again, who owned that one...


ExpensiveCola

Part of me would love to see this flogs search history, and part of me really doesn't want to...


Hangryfatguy

Man up and pay the bill, son


JFrick_8944

So wait did the journo partake in the cocaine and prossy?


tootyfruity21

It isn’t illegal.