Timeline of Brittany Higgins Alleged Rape

Presented is a partial timeline of events related to the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins. Higgins has claimed that she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann and the matter has now gone to trial.

Date	Events
22 March 2019	Late in the evening Higgins enters an office workplace in Parliament House in the company of Bruce Lehrmann.
23 March 2019	Bruce Lehrmann 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". Later in the day the office is cleaned by parliamentary cleaning staff.
25 March 2019	Higgins sent a text to her father in which she said "I'm fine but just wanted to give you a heads up there was an incident with a person at work being inappropriate. Can't give you details now."
26 March 2019	Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann are called in to separate disciplinary meetings stemming from their entry to Parliament House after hours, which is considered to be a security breach. Higgins alleges she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann.
1 April 2019	Bruce Lehrmann dismissed from his employment at Parliament House as a result of the security breach.
5 April 2019	A formal letter of termination is sent to Bruce Lehrmann.
13 April 2019	Higgins withdraws her complaint.
15 February 2021	Higgins goes public.
20 February 2021	Second woman claims she was sexually assaulted by Bruce Lehrmann.
22 February 2021	Third andf fourth women claim they were sexually assaulted by Bruce Lehrmann.
31 May 2022	Original trial date of 6 June 2022 is deferred.
4 October 2022	Trial of Bruce Lehrmann begins.

See Also

• Brittany Higgins
• Trial of Bruce Lehrmann

External Links

• Timeline at Western Advocate