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 803 Pausing for a moment (as Ms Wilkinson and Mr Llewellyn ought to have done), here was an item of contemporaneous evidence said to elevate the accusation beyond a "she said, he said" contest. But both Ms Wilkinson and Mr Llewellyn moved on (by asking about seeing a doctor or contraception) at which time (and unresponsively to a question) Ms Higgins changed the subject to bring them back to something she and Mr Sharaz had evidently discussed and considered important to the credibility of her account (Ex 36 (at 1:24:58)):

Mr Llewellyn:

And were you on any contraception?

Ms Higgins:

Brittany: No.

Mr Llewellyn:

Sorry, I know these are hideously private questions for me to ask.

Ms Higgins:

No, it's fine, it's fine. I guess you can kind of see it in that photo, I've got a different one. But it's, it was just, it was like this weird, largescale bruise, it was on my thigh.

Mr Llewellyn:

Yeah, so that's like -

Ms Higgins:

It was the whole leg, but it was, because it was really pressed -

Mr Llewellyn:

Because I can see the line there.

Ms Higgins:

Yeah. And it wasn't like a deep purple, but it was just this weird -

Ms Wilkinson:

Oh, right.

Ms Higgins:

- pressure bruise. I don't know. I don't know, it was weird.

Mr Llewellyn:

And -

Ms Wilkinson:

Oh, I see.

Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369