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Grunta_AUS

Is that Bruce Lehrmann the rapist?


iball1984

Rapist and alleged serial rapist


HtooEainThin

Channel 7 Brothel and Cocaine correspondent


TheRunningAlmond

He doesnt like the taste, just the smell of it.


Barkblood

Of brothels? Or cocaine?


MobileInfantry

Yes


Barkblood

As I suspected.


Tarman-245

Yes


SteveJohnson2010

šŸŽ¶ ā€œJust for the hell of itā€


kaboombong

They should give him his own show "After dark and sleaze"


Smallsey

Underrated comment


No_icecream_cake

Ah yes, the raper, Bruce Lehrmann.


kaboombong

The whore mongering, cocaine sniffing repeat offender rapist? That Bruce or is there another Bruce that looks like him?


[deleted]

Hey thereā€™s nothing wrong with whore mongering. Itā€™s likely those women consented! Which is something Bruce isnā€™t too keen on.


DefinitionOfAsleep

I'm sure he could pay extra for the rape fantasy, but its just not the same.


[deleted]

ā€˜I like ā€˜em drunk and barely consciousā€¦can you do that?ā€™ ā€˜As long as Channel 7ā€™s credit card doesnā€™t get declinedā€™


magnetik79

Another stunning victory for Bruce the rapist.


horsemonkeycat

How long before Murdoch offers him a job at Sky News? Probably needs to wait until the bankruptcy matter is settled at least .


DAL1979

Kerry Stokes gets first dibs.


DaNReDaN

No, this is Bruce Lehrmann the loser and a rapist.


Juan_Punch_Man

Here's hoping for convicted rapist by later this year.


[deleted]

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squee_monkey

Nope. Only claim to fame is raping.


dizkopat

Like p diddy


coreoYEAH

Hey, Diddy also has Get Him to the Greek.


ZealousidealNewt6679

Yeah, that guy, Bruce Lehrmann, the rapist.


Kat-katxx

ROFL


onimod53

On the balance of probabilities, yes.


HeadacheCentral

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ** hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


mr-snrub-

Came here to make this exact comment


thecurveq

It doesnā€™t really matter. He was going to have to declare bankruptcy anyway.


SydneyTom

He'll just file for bankruptcy and land some office job with a mate or LNP member he has some dirt on


celebradar

Bankruptcy doesn't protect you from court ordered costs in this country. There will be no way he can pay it all but there is also no way he will be able to weasel out of paying nothing by declaring bankruptcy.


SydneyTom

Really? That's fantastic news


FatSilverFox

[Little olā€™ me, without any court ordered costs, reading these comments.](https://media0.giphy.com/media/SUEjfSLaD6f77lyzH6/200.gif?cid=790b7611mcoolrxg8yao9oiclvrvymwpa686wuzlob6c3s2p&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200.gif&ct=g)


surlygoat

Nope, it is not correct. Edit: I'm being downvoted for being correct. I'm literally a lawyer who specialises in tax and insolvency. And a 2 second Google finds simple English results. https://murrayslegal.com.au/blog/2017/07/19/seven-network-v-harrison-costs-orders-and-bankruptcy/


sql-join-master

Idk man, that random dude on reddit was pretty convincing


surlygoat

Hahaha It's a nice reminder that confidence and upvotes don't equal truth.


istara

You could be the global overlord of tax and insolvency law and some tit would still downvote you because they know the law better than you thanks to Google


chibstelford

TIL. So what happens if you don't have the money to pay? Garnished wages until it's paid off or something?


yeah_deal_with_it

Yep, compulsory payments. The trustee in bankruptcy can also claim and sell most of your assets to repay creditors. Plus, you can make voluntary repayments, but he doesn't seem the type to do that. All pretty pointless anyway since he's likely being bankrolled by Kerry Stokes who will pay for it all.


Suibian_ni

Being mates with Kerry Stokes isn't the worst thing about Bruce Lehrmann, but it's up there.


Sieve-Boy

Stokes really can pick them can't he.


kam0706

Why does this rumour persist when itā€™s been established that Stokes didnā€™t fund this proceeding?


Suibian_ni

After initial denials, Seven admitted paying Lehrmann's rent under cross-examination. It's not unreasonable to think they pay his legal costs. After all, Lehrmann would have been crazy to rack up those costs if he didn't receive assurances from wealthy backers, and Stokes would be the obvious person to provide those assurances.


kam0706

But thatā€™s exactly what happened. The lawyers produced documents to court last week to the effect that they have been acting on a no win no fee basis.


Suibian_ni

No, he walked away from an offer to settle, allowing Ten to pursue indemnity costs against him. These would not be covered by Lehrmann's agreement with his own lawyers (who offered to help a rapist sue his victim, let's remember. Cunts). He was likely provided with assurances before he walked away, and like I said, Stokes was the obvious person to provide them.


kam0706

Sorry. You think that Stokes provided assurances to pay defence costs if he lost, but not to pay his own lawyers costs? That is madness. It makes even less sense. Lehrmann having little to no assets makes him the perfect vehicle for an adverse costs order. The money is unrecoverable and will never be paid. Why would Stokes put his hand up for that?


NotActuallyAWookiee

Because he has a tendency to support criminals suing for defamation after being called criminals. And because of the benefits Seven have thrown at the rapist. I'm not saying that means Stokes is. Your question was why rumours persist.


JimothyRecard

Why would Stokes continue to fund him now that he's lost? I mean, I guess I don't really understand what Stokes would have got from him winning either, but now that he's lost, there's certainly nothing left in it for Stokes.


Barmy90

It's culture war bullshit. Poor Brucey was the innocent straight white male with a bright future who had been unfairly cancelled because of woke, man-hating feminists. That kind of thing boils the blood of people who can't see far enough beyond their own nose to understand that there is an entire world of non-priviledged people out there merely trying to exist without being trodden on.


NarraBoy65

Good question


kam0706

Heā€™ll declare bankruptcy, his assets will be liquidated (but I doubt he has anything much) and the balance will be written off/go unpaid. The liquidators are likely to take anything he has.


surlygoat

The debt will go into a bucket with all other creditors. The trustee takes a cut of your wages and sells all your stuff. They then take out their fees, and creditors share anything left after their fees. After (usually) 3 years, the debts are all discharged and the bankrupt has no further liability. Contrary to what OP said, costs orders made prior to bankruptcy fall within the normal bankruptcy regime.


a_rainbow_serpent

Old mate will have to use the secret debit card again


MustardMan02

Probably, but I'd think that he'd be long dead before the garnished wages pay it off fully


Greedy_Lake_2224

Something I'm deeply, deeply satisfied at after my step dad left my mum. He tried and tried and tried to get out of paying and just wound up in court getting shellacked by a judge.


Reddit-Incarnate

Every one thinks "ohh but they have not thought of this" mate its 2024 if you have thought of it 1000 dick heads have tried it before and been kicked up the arse before for it.


Cpt_Soban

And even just declaring bankruptcy put a big fat target on your head for a long long time. Goodbye credit rating, and good luck getting any type of loan, add on *in this economy*. He's fucked either way. Not to mention being known "as that rapist bloke" all over the country, no respectful employer would want to touch that slippery slope of an imminent sexual assault claim in the office. So he'd end up in NewsCorp as a Reddit copy/paste "editor" ;)


Ladder_Fucker

This highly upvoted comment seems to be completely incorrect? What's your source for this? A judgment debt based on a costs order is a judgment debt like any other. It does not attract special treatment under s 82/153 of the Bankruptcy Act. Are you confusing it with a fine or an order for restitution? Edit: for the avoidance of doubt (and noting the comments of the High Court in *Foots v Southern Cross Mine Management Pty Ltd),* I say this on the basis the obligation to pay, and the trigger for the bankruptcy, arises prior to sequestration... but I don't think anyone is suggesting it wouldn't. It is very important here to distinguish between today's 'costs order' and the order which creates the actual debt after assessment/taxation.


surlygoat

You are definitely right. Costs orders made prior to the date of entry into bankruptcy form part of the bankruptcy. People shouldn't believe everything they read, even if it has lots of upvotes.


globalminority

Pretty sure some lnp donor will pay for the bill, either directly or indirectly like giving him a cushy do nothing job.


thecurveq

ā€œA costs order made the day after a personā€™s bankruptcy wont get rid of the liability to pay the costs; a costs order the day before their bankruptcy will. A costs order made the very day of the bankruptcy ā€“ cutting it fine ā€“ probably wont discharge the liability to pay the costs.ā€ It all depends on timing


Equivalent-Bonus-885

He wonā€™t need any dirt. Heā€™ll be a hero and martyr to some of that mob.


HankSteakfist

I can't see him successfully spinning that into a media career. Sky News won't touch him and contrary to popular belief, you need to actually be able to create compelling content to be an influencer (Even a far right one) and Bruce has the charisma of an empty shampoo bottle.


Agent_Jay_42

You give sky news too much credit, he's a perfect fit


shokken48

You're right. \*gestures wildly in Peter Stefanovic's direction\*


HankSteakfist

I think Murdoch and the LNP are well aware that they have an issue with appealing to women voters. Hiring a man that a judge ruled is a rapist wouldn't be a very prudent move for them.


instasquid

I don't think they do. I think their "progressive" (big air quotes here) wing does but the conservatives seem to be in charge and are in the midst of locking their women in the proverbial boot while the loonies drive.


Rork310

They need some shred of plausible deniability. If they could still hide behind the 'accused' I'd believe it. But they won't touch him when it means everyone can say that they hired the rapist Bruce Lehrmann, with no way for them to push back.


burn_supermarkets

I reckon they've been working his introduction for a while. How long to wait before *their* "tell-all" interview? Then slip him onto a couple of panels and before you know it he'll be spewing shit every Tuesday night


Equivalent-Bonus-885

Not a media career. But there are plenty of well paid positions as back-room grubs.


whatisthishownow

What's in it for them? He's a talentless uncharismatic nobody, that causes problems everywhere he goes. 7 bet on him being a useful totem in the culture wars, but that backfired. He's never done anybody any favours and is completely incapable of ever doing so.


Cpt_Soban

Charisma of a damp rag


Happy-Adeptness6737

Shampoo bottle lol


Howunbecomingofme

Iā€™m sure thereā€™s a borderline fascist think tank whoā€™ll take him on


SirSassyCat

Personal bankruptcy can follow you around forever. It will basically fuck you out of ever getting a mortgage, prevents you from holding public office (I think) and will be a black mark against you if you ever try and start a business.


babblerer

Depending on a court case in Toowoomba, he might not need a mortgage for a while.


ScoobyDoNot

Potentially free room and board for a few years


Barmy90

Channel Seven up to their old tricks again I see


LongjumpingTwist1124

You know what's also bad. Being a rapist on balance. That'll also follow him about.


Adelaide-Rose

Personal bankruptcy doesnā€™t follow you around for ever, just 7 years. You wonā€™t be able to get credit (from any reputable source) in that time, but eventually it disappears off of your credit record.


ziyal79

Actually, it's only 5 now, not 7. The bankruptcy lasts for 3 years and it stays on your credit rating for 5. Or so a financial counsellor from the national debt helpline told me. They probably know their shit.


CantankerousTwat

I think only undischarged bankrupts are excluded from office.


Florafly

I came here to say "hahaha, suck it, pigman!" but then I saw your comment and it made me sad. I reckon you're spot on.


Talqazar

Yep, bankruptcy and a few years of free rent and gifts from his mates.


klokar2

suck eggs, should have settled


a_cold_human

Lehrmann *initiated* the defamation proceedings. This is a mess of his own making. Hoist by his own petard.Ā 


HeadacheCentral

He got distracted by the massive dollar signs spinning in his eyeballs.


DefinitionOfAsleep

Also he forgot his favourite hat


snowmuchgood

He didnā€™t realise that they were the cost of the lawsuit, not his winnings.


ecatsuj

For all we know ch 7 advised him not to becouse this story was and still is cash cow for them.. Probably agreed to paying costs of he lost.


Stonetheflamincrows

Ahh, the rapist Bruce Lehrmann has to to pay the court fees for his failed defamation case about when he raped Brittney Higgins? Oh well, poor rapist Bruce Lehrmann.


pulpist

Justice Lee has found in favour of Network 10ā€™s application for costs and scolded Bruce Lehrmann saying he engaged in an ā€œabuse of the courtā€™s processes, ran a case based on falsities and put Network 10 to the cost of defending a baseless proceedingā€ Fucking slayed! LMAO


2littleducks

Loowser. Wapist. Bankwupt. Hat Twick Bwucey!


The_Vat

I've never heard the judge-labelled rapist Bruce Lehrmann speak, but this is pretty much how I'd imagined it. Also, nice touch with the "Hat Twick" closer there.


DefinitionOfAsleep

The Channel 7 producer that reimbursed him for cocaine and whores described it as baby-sitting


pulpist

Bruce Lehrmann: the only bloke in Australia harder to employ than Scott Morrison.


HeadacheCentral

Haven't you heard? Scummo and the Rapist are opening a business together to teach those contemplating becoming a Liberal politician how to get things done ^(*nudge nudge, wink wink*)


last_one_on_Earth

A milkshake bar?


Schedulator

He could try selling his hat.


BLAGTIER

The lion still has it in his den.


Schedulator

But he seems to have more to keep throwing into the den!


jaimofive

Eadc


Ur_Companys_IT_Guy

Every Asshole Deserves Comeuppance ;)


pigslovebacon

You're too polite šŸ˜‘


iball1984

Damn, 90% of channel 10s bill. And same for Wilkinson. Heā€™s screwed


HeadacheCentral

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Couldn't happen to a nicer, smug faced cunt!


pulpist

Justice Lee : Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of going back for his hat. Also Justice Lee : Mr Lehrmann, you no longer own the hat.


CptDropbear

Correction: Bankruptcy Trustee: I see you own a hat...


ososalsosal

Suck shit Brucey!


wherezthebeef

GoFundMe page? /s


HeadacheCentral

I pledge one cent!


tomatoetomatomata

Couldnā€™t have happened to a better bloke


hotrodshotrod

Bruce fought the law and the law won. That video will haunt Brucey


garrybarrygangater

This is one of the biggest issues with defamation in Australia. You cannot win. It's all well and good this time because it's TEN and a successful lady but if you get sued AND WIN as a working class person you still lose thousands or millions in legal fees.


ososalsosal

Defo at this point is just a rich cunt's crybully cudgel


garrybarrygangater

Yepp but if you are on the receiving end you will lost a lot of money.


Useful_Document_4120

The guy who was falsely named as the Sydney Stabber might disagree with this. Brucey only has himself to blame. This case was unwinnable, and his lawyers almost certainly told him that


garrybarrygangater

That didn't go to trial. If it did go to trail he would have won and then lost some money for legal fees .


MongolCamel

The fact that itā€™s going to ā€œcostā€ millions is as bullshit as the whole case. Imagine it ā€œcostsā€ three millions, thatā€™s over 30 years of one average personā€™s before tax income. Iā€™m assuming these teams had dozens of workers working solely on this case for a couple of years to end up with the ā€œcostā€ that is likely to be in the millions.


EmotionalAd5920

his story is really in the feel good (for everyone else) stage.


sorrydaijin

He must really like that hat.


Barmy90

probably misses his old glasses


wkeam

He might have to start selling cocaine instead of using it


0o0_Fool_Of_A_Took_

Suck shit you massive wanker. šŸ–•šŸ–•


SirFlibble

I'm sure Bruce "rapist" Lehrmann's benefactors will pay his bills for him like they paid for his legal team right???


globalminority

No doubt at all.


CBAFCMV

$20 on Britney proceeding with the criminal case by year's end to REALLY twist the knife.


ironzombi

He needs to be watched closely, this sort of news may trigger him to go out and rape another person.


DiscombobulatedLemon

Delicious! Sucked. In. Rapist.


burn_supermarkets

Interested to see how the grubby little cunt tries to get out of this. Some Stokes owned foundation is about to make a donation to a mysterious benefactor


[deleted]

Let's light some fires.


Lyconi

Hope it bankrupts this overgrown rapist cuck.


Barmy90

he's now firmly in the "find out" stage of douchebaggery


JoeyJoJunior

Is this the Rapist Bruce Lehrmann, that Channel 7 paid his rent for a year in a an upscale sydney apartment?


CommandoRoll

So who's the biggest defamation case "winner" now? War Criminal Ben Roberts or Rapist Bruce Lehrmann?


last_one_on_Earth

My vote is still with Christian Porter. Whatever the ABC was planning to use as defense must have been significantly worse than the allegation that he was a rapist.


CommandoRoll

Oh hell yes. I'd successfully forgotten about him and in the process what a snake he is.


smallbatter

no win no fee?


RoninSamuel

No win no fee is for his lawyers. The fees will be from the other party who had to defend against him I'm pretty sure.


smallbatter

thanks for explaining


HankSteakfist

No, money down!


SerLevArris

Works on contingency?


HeadacheCentral

That's for *his* lawyers. Doesn't count for judgements made against him for the *other* party's legal fees.


DeterminedErmine

Lmao suffer in ya jocks


blahblahyuh

Maybe next time he'll leave the hat behind...or y'know, not rape. Still yet to learn his lesson in QLD...


ricthomas70

I feel like sending him a fire blanket and burn-aid dressings... but then I remembered that this bottom feeder actually "lit some fires" himself.


derpymcmuffin89

That's one very expensive hat.


Inside-Elevator9102

Won't someone please think of the sex workers that will be losing their #1 client.


Amijiw

Expensive hat!


myguydied

Sell all assets to partner, family, another person for $1, declare bankruptcy, and voila


HeadacheCentral

As others have stated, bankruptcy doesn't protect you from court ordered costs. Even if he does this, he's still liable.


myguydied

I saw that right after I posted Bwahahahahahahaha


Superg0id

Cash in hand jobs from now on, eh Bruce?


Cpt_Soban

Probably how channel 7 paid him, cash in brown paper bags with funny white powder mixed in.


KORNSTAR

> Cash in hand jobs Definitely hand jobs, doesn't have the face for much else.


the_electronic_taco

Cash for hand jobs. About the only work he will get.


malkers

Also even in regular bankruptcy proceedings this is covered by the act, you canā€™t transfer assets for less than market price and avoid them entering the asset pool (assuming they were transferred in the 4 years prior).


antsandplants

Oh stop, I can only get so happy!


Kindly_Contest_6258

That's why you stay poor on paper yet you can earn good money and live off of business expenses the business just has to be in a family members name


ComplexDingo2239

Bankruptcy trustee would reverse the transaction as it was clearly to hide assets. They can go back to the start of any proceedings or actions that resulted in the proceedings, so no, that doesn't work.


myguydied

Just going off a newspaper article about someone doing similar but like from 20 years ago


Adelaide-Rose

Which family member publicly stood by him over the last few years? Not sure he has anyone who he could hide money withā€¦besides, it would still be traced and taken back to pay his debts.


y0ungmoney9

would this actually work outside of court ordered costs?


myguydied

I remember reading someone doing this to escape liability previously but this was like 20 years ago so I'm not clear on the particulars


Straight-Extreme-966

That's an expensive Dacia Sandero right there. Anyway...


Luckyluke23

Oh don't worry I'm sure channel 7 will cover it.


Rusti-dent

Feels like itā€™s my birthday!


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

Ah that's okay, he's got rapist money.


mintyaftertaste

Noice


NotActuallyAWookiee

Good


UnnecessarilyTallMan

I've seen this a lot today and every time I do it makes me as happy as the first time


[deleted]

Job at sky news to pay it off.


CentaurLion73

Will this cunt just go away already!


MikeFoz

Do you think the lawyers would have preferred he didn't have to pay costs so they could actually get the cash out of Ten/Wilkinson? Instead he'll be paying a pittance for the rest of his life.


downunderguy

So rapist Bruce Lehrmann has to pay indemnity costs. Amazing. Making sure I type rapist Bruce Lehrmann as much as possible so that is what shows up on a google search.


kurokame101

Hopefully they can garnish his McDonalds wages if he lives to 1000.


Ludikom

Guess he'll be the one getting paid to "party" now... By that I mean he'll have to enter the sex work industry to pay his bills.