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Former Liberal staffer and alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann has moved out of the $2,000-a-week Sydney unit he lived in rent-free for a yr courtesy of the Seven Community.
The 28-year-old was noticed transferring bins and a set of golf golf equipment out of his Balgowlah house on Friday afternoon with pal Rob Porter.
It’s the first event Mr Lehrmann has been seen in public since his defamation trial towards Channel 10 and Lisa Wilkinson was spectacularly reopened to listen to the proof of a former Community Seven Highlight producer.
Ms Wilkinson broke the story on the The Mission of former colleague Brittany Higgins’ allegations she was raped by Mr Lehrmann in Parliament Home in 2019 – a declare he has at all times denied.
Community Seven beforehand confirmed it could cease paying Mr Lehrmann’s hire as of Friday after the year-long $100,000 deal made in return for an interview with the community’s flagship present affairs program Highlight concluded.
He seemed to be profiting from his final week within the luxurious digs with a barefoot blonde noticed vaping on his balcony on Sunday and Mr Lehrmann making a visit to Paddington on Monday to fulfill up with two buddies together with Mr Porter.
Bruce Lehrmann moved out of his luxurious Balgowlah unit on Friday after a take care of Community Seven to pay his hire for a yr concluded
The Seven Community has hit again at allegations made in courtroom by former producer Taylor Auerbach referring to bills coated on behalf of Bruce Lehrmann forward of his interview with Highlight.
Mr Auerbach instructed the Federal Court docket on Thursday he was provided a promotion and a pay rise after he used a company bank card to buy Thai massages for himself and the previous Liberal staffer.
Mr Lehrmann has denied receiving a therapeutic massage.
In a press release, which was additionally despatched to all workers on Thursday night time, Seven mentioned the corporate is ‘appalled’ by the allegations, denying any supply of a pay rise or promotion to Mr Auerbach.
‘Seven is appalled by the allegations made in current days. We don’t condone the behaviours described in these allegations. They don’t mirror the tradition of Seven,’ the assertion mentioned.
‘Seven didn’t supply a promotion or pay rise to Mr Auerbach in November 2022, nor did it achieve this at any time after that.’
The within of the unit Mr Lehrmann has been staying in, which options views over Sydney’s north
Mr Lehrmann was helped transferring out by his pal Rob Porter a well-known sailor
The courtroom additionally heard Mr Lehrmann had bought cocaine and mentioned ordering prostitutes throughout a visit to Sydney, the place Mr Auerbach had been appointed as his ‘babysitter’.
‘I had been reappointed to be his babysitter, minder, taking care of him … increase a rapport attempting to construct belief and a few form of relationship with a potential interview topic,’ Mr Auerbach mentioned.
He mentioned that whereas at dinner Mr Lehrmann bought medicine and later ordered prostitutes.
‘Mr Lehrmann had over dinner bought a bag of cocaine whereas we had been eating at Franca and once we bought upstairs to the room he pulled that out and began to place it on a plate after which began speaking to me a few potential Highlight story and his need to order prostitutes to the Meriton that night time,’ Mr Auerbach mentioned.
Ex-Highlight producer Taylor Auerbach (pictured) acquired a glowing reference from Seven’s director of reports and public affairs Craig McPherson, which praised his ‘artistic aptitude’ and ‘diligence’
‘And he started googling a sequence of internet sites to attempt to make that occur.
‘And through that dialog he agreed to be in a Highlight interview so long as we did not ask him about what occurred on the night time in Canberra.’
A spokesman for Seven Community mentioned the community didn’t reimburse Mr Lehrmann for ‘expenditure that has allegedly been used to pay for unlawful medicine or prostitutes, and has by no means achieved so’, acknowledging the matter stays earlier than the courts.
The media big has additionally slammed Mr Auerbach’s claims he was instructed by his boss to delete supplies referring to Mr Lehrmann from his units within the days after the Highlight program aired.
In his affidavit, Mr Auerbach claimed that lawyer Richard Keegan recommended he ‘take a look at every thing’ as a result of ‘Ten and Lisa are usually not very comfortable in regards to the broadcast and may come after us’.
‘It could be a good suggestion to take a look at every thing, particularly the uncooked interview tapes’,” Mr Auerbach mentioned he was instructed.
One of many full furnished Balgowlah unit’s out of doors areas (pictured)
The spectacular view from the unit’s balcony, the place a thriller blonde was seen barefoot and vaping on Sunday
‘I understood that this meant that I ought to delete any supplies that may very well be damaging for Seven. I adopted this path and completely deleted something that I might discover on my laptop and telephone on the time.’
Mr Lehrmann’s barrister Matthew Richardson SC questioned whether or not this was true in courtroom on Thursday.
‘Mr Keegan by no means mentioned something to you suggesting you must destroy or delete something, did he?’ Mr Richardson requested Mr Auerbach, who mentioned he used ‘the phrases indicated in my affidavit’.
‘I wish to counsel he by no means a lot as hinted that you must do something of the sort,” Mr Richardson mentioned.
‘That is fully incorrect,” Auerbach responded.
Seven Community has denied these claims of their assertion.
‘Opposite to the claims reported within the media, Seven complied with all of its obligations in relation to producing paperwork in response to subpoenas issued to it,’ the assertion mentioned.
‘Seven has at no level requested anybody to delete or destroy any proof. As beforehand said, Seven didn’t condone or authorise the alleged funds to Mr Lehrmann referred to within the affidavits lately made public.
‘The individual concerned admitted to the misuse of a Seven company card and all unauthorised bills had been instantly reimbursed. Seven has acted appropriately always.’
