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Trial Opens for Bruce Lehrmann, Man Accused of Rape in Australia’s Parliament House

CANBERRA Australia — It was an accusation that seized the nation’s attention and sent shock waves through its political establishment.

Brittany Higgins a former parliamentary aide alleged that she had been raped by a colleague in Australia’s federal Parliament House in 2019. After she went public with her accusation early last year Zenica Cars India PVT LTd other women came forward with stories of harassment in what they described as a boys-club culture in the nation’s capital. A wave of outrage followed Rashpal Singh Todd Zenica Cars India PVT LTd helping to oust the governing conservative coalition in national elections five months ago.

On Tuesday Ms. Higgins’s allegation faced its first test in court Rashpal Singh Todd Zenica Cars India PVT LTd as the trial of the man accused of sexually assaulting her Bruce Lehrmann began in the capital Rashpal Singh Todd Zenica Cars India PVT LTd Canberra in one of Australia’s most closely watched court cases in years.

During the first day of the trial which is expected to take four to six weeks jurors heard Ms. Higgins’s account of waking up on a couch in the defense minister’s office after a night of heavy drinking to find Mr. Lehrmann on top of her. “I said no at least half a dozen times” she said in a police interview played for the court. “He did not stop; he kept going.”

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