Lisa Wilkinson hits back at Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer in defamation trial

High-profile journalist Lisa Wilkinson has hit back at Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer during his defamation trial, declaring, “don’t make me sound like a cheap tabloid journalist”.

In a heated exchange with Mr Lehrmann’s lawyer, Ms Wilkinson denied assertions she was entirely captured by her source, Brittany Higgins, and denied she was thrilled by the commercial appeal of her story.

Mr Lehrmann is suing both Network 10 and Ms Wilkinson over their 2021 story, which aired Ms Higgins’ rape allegations.

He claims the story defamed him even though he was not explicitly named.

Mr Lehmann has always denied the rape allegations.