Ten agrees to foot some of Wilkinson’s legal bill with ‘no real likelihood’ of Lehrmann paying
Ten has agreed to pay a portion of Lisa Wilkinson’s exorbitant legal costs in defending Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case against her.
Federal Court judge Michael Lee ruled on Thursday that Bruce Lehrmann must pay a flat $2 million in costs to Network Ten, despite referring to him as “a man of modest means”, and admitting there was “no real likelihood” of Lehrmann being able to pay the full amount.
Ten’s legal fees are estimated to be north of $3 million, and the network has also agreed to pay $558,548.30 of Wilkinson’s claimed $1.8 million in legal fees.
If Wilkinson is still on Ten’s payroll without actually working, maybe that could compensate for her ‘less than what she wanted’ amount.