Timeline of Brittany Higgins Alleged Rape

Presented is a partial timeline of events related to the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.

Date	Events
22 March 2019	Higgins enters an her office workplace in Parliament House in the company of Bruce Lehrman
23 March 2019	Bruce Lehrman leaves. Higgins is discovered alone in the office by a female security guard partially undressed. When the security guard asked her if she was ok she indicated she was "fine".^[1] Later in the day the office is cleaned by parliamentary cleaning staff.
26 March 2019	Higgins and Bruce Lehrman are called in to separate disciplinary meetings stemming from their entry to Parliament House after hours, which is considered to be a security breach.
1 April 2019	Bruce Lehrman dismissed from his employment at Parliament House as a result of the security breach.
20 February 2021	Second woman claims she was sexually assaulted by the same man as Brittany Higgins.^[2]^[3] At the time of this claim his name was not publicly known.
22 February 2021	Third woman claims to have had unwanted contact with Bruce Lehrman.^[4]^[5] At the time of this claim his name was not publicly known.
22 February 2021	Fourth woman claims to have had unwanted contact with Bruce Lehrman. At the time of this claim his name was not publicly known.
31 May 2022	Original trial date of 6 June 2022 is deferred.^[6]
4 October 2022	Trial of Bruce Lehrman begins.

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