Brittany Higgins’ boyfriend David Sharaz gloated over the demotion of her former boss, Linda Reynolds, claiming she may ‘suck sh**’.
Mr Sharaz’s obvious dislike of Ms Higgins’ former employer have been revealed in extraordinary leaked textual content messages between the pair.
He manufacturers Senator Reynolds an ‘terrible human’ and claims she will ‘suck sh**’ in a message despatched after it was introduced she had been sacked as Defence Minister from Scott Morrison‘s cupboard in late March 2021.
It comes as questions proceed to mount in regards to the position of senior Labor figures in allegedly politicising the rape accusation to assault the Liberal social gathering.
Explosive texts between Brittany Higgins and her boyfriend David Sharaz (pictured collectively) have now revealed their obvious dislike for her former boss, Linda Reynolds
Leaked textual content messages reveal Brittany Higgins’ then boyfriend David Sharaz gloated over the demotion of her former boss, Linda Reynolds, claiming she may ‘suck sh**’ (pictured, a mock-up of the textual content)
Ms Higgins alleged she was raped by her colleague Bruce Lehrmann in Ms Reynolds parliamentary workplace after an evening out in 2019.
Mr Lehrmann has all the time denied the allegations.
Ms Reynolds was pressured to apologise after she reportedly referred to Higgins as a ‘mendacity cow’ after her allegations have been first aired on The Undertaking in February 2021.
In a press release on the time, Ms Reynolds stated she had by no means questioned Ms Higgins’ sexual assault allegation.
‘I did nonetheless touch upon information reviews surrounding circumstances that I felt had been misrepresented,’ she stated.
Additional textual content messages between Mr Sharaz and his now fiancé, shared by Sky News Australia, reveal the pair sought recommendation from former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
‘Good recommendation from Turnbull,’ Mr Sharaz wrote in April 2021.
The messages additionally reportedly particulars how the couple enlisted the assist of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson Younger.
‘Sarah (Sarah Hanson Younger) is coming down tomorrow. Ought to I cancel? She needs to assist you and so on. She will be able to simply come to the residence,’ Mr Sharaz wrote in March 2021.
Ms Reynolds was pressured to apologise after she reportedly referred to Higgins as a ‘mendacity cow’ after her allegations have been first aired on The Undertaking in February 2021
The leaked messages additionally reveal the couple sought recommendation from former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
The textual content messages additionally reveal the couple additionally sought recommendation from Greens Senator Sarah Hanson Younger
Ms Higgins replied: ‘I’ll chat it out with SHY (Sarah Hanson Younger)’.
Day by day Mail Australia contacted Ms Younger and Mr Turnbull for remark.
Earlier texts between the pair revealed how they plotted to ‘f*** over’ then-PM Scott Morrison.
‘Simply wait,’ Ms Higgins messaged Mr Sharaz. ‘We have him.’
Mr Sharaz replied: ‘I nonetheless hate the c***.’
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has this week been pressured to repeatedly deny she misled Parliament in 2021 by saying she had no data of Ms Higgins’ rape allegations earlier than they have been made public.
In June 2021, Senator Gallagher angrily denied having data of the allegations earlier than they have been broadcast in a fiery confrontation with Ms Higgins’s former boss Linda Reynolds in Senate estimates.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher (pictured) has this week been pressured to repeatedly deny she misled Parliament in 2021 by saying she had no data of Ms Higgins’ rape allegations earlier than they have been made public
Senator Gallagher snapped on the then-defence minister: ‘No-one had any data. How dare you.’
However leaked textual content messages reveal Mr Sharaz informed Ms Higgins he met with Senator Gallagher in her workplace on February 11, 2021.
He claimed to have detailed Ms Higgins’ allegations in opposition to Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann and gave Senator Gallagher a transcript of her interview with The Undertaking, which aired on February 15.
‘I hope that is okay,’ Mr Sharaz wrote within the messages to his now fiance.
‘She’s not doing something with it. However I am additionally blissful to step out and let her speak to you in order for you.
‘Mainly, I wished her to get all of the context as a result of it is so sophisticated. She’s at present studying your interview and has gone silent. ‘
In one other textual content he added: ‘Katy Gallagher messaged me. She’s indignant and desires to assist. She’s obtained the context.
‘She says they knew one thing was incorrect as a result of they fired Bruce and never you. They prevented a scandal.’
‘Simply wait,’ Brittany Higgins messaged boyfriend David Sharaz within the textual content messages. ‘We have him.’ Mr Sharaz replied: ‘I nonetheless hate the c***’
The next day, Mr Sharaz handed on Ms Higgins’ cell quantity to Senator Gallagher to permit them to speak immediately forward of Ms Higgins’ explosive TV interview.
Senator Gallagher first admitted on Saturday that she had been made conscious of the allegations upfront of them being aired, clarifying her authentic assertion within the Senate.
‘I used to be responding to an assertion that was being made by the Minister Reynolds on the time that we had recognized about this for weeks and had decided to weaponise it,’ she stated.
‘That isn’t true. It was by no means true. I used to be conscious of some allegations within the days main as much as the selection of Miss Brittany Higgins to make these allegations public.
‘I did nothing with that data. So there’s completely no problem right here in any respect.’
The trial of Mr Lehrmann was aborted over juror misconduct and prosecutors didn’t search a retrial, citing concern for Ms Higgins’ psychological well being.
The ACT is now holding an inquiry into the investigation and prosecution.
The textual content messages that linked Senator Gallagher to David Sharaz
4 days earlier than Ms Higgins appeared on The Undertaking in February 2021, Mr Sharaz messaged Ms Higgins: ‘Katy [Gallagher] goes to return to me with some questions you could put together for … She’s actually invested now ha ha.’
He later added: ‘She’s an previous good friend. We opened a chair collectively! So you possibly can belief her.’
Ms Higgins replied: ‘Going ahead move my particulars onto Katy. I am blissful to speak to her.’
Mr Sharaz stated: ‘No, no. That is actually okay … I do not thoughts speaking to Katy. However we are able to each converse to her if that is simpler.’
Ms Higgins stated: ‘Please simply ship individuals my manner going ahead.’
Later the identical day, Mr Sharaz informed Ms Higgins: ‘Katy Gallagher messaged me. She’s indignant and desires to assist. She’s obtained the context. Says they knew one thing was incorrect as a result of they fired Bruce and never you. They prevented a scandal.’
Ms Higgins requested: ‘Can I see her message?’
Mr Sharaz replied: ‘Yep! I gave her [The Project] interview for context. I hope that is okay? She’s not doing something with it. However I am additionally blissful to step out and let her speak to you in order for you.
‘Mainly, I wished her to get all of the context as a result of it is so sophisticated.’
Ms Higgins stated: ‘That is superb. It will all be public fairly quickly anyway haha.’
4 days earlier than Ms Higgins appeared on The Undertaking, Mr Sharaz messaged Ms Higgins about Senator Gallagher (pictured, mock-up of the textual content)
Later the identical day, Mr Sharaz informed Ms Higgins: ‘Katy Gallagher messaged me. She’s indignant and desires to assist. She’s obtained the context’ (pictured, mock up of the texts)
Dialog about Senator Gallagher continued on March 18, 2021 – a month after Ms Higgins’ allegations have been broadcast – with the couple rising involved about former prime minister Scott Morrison’s backgrounding.
‘You might as nicely feed every part you must Katy,’ Ms Higgins informed Mr Sharaz on March 18.
‘The earlier we are able to nip it within the bud the higher. Particularly if we are able to name them out by identify,’ Ms Higgins wrote, within the hope the Senator could possibly elevate the topic within the Higher Home.
Mr Sharaz replied: ‘I’ve texted Katy and SHY (Inexperienced Senator Sarah Hanson Younger).
The couple additionally spoke about rallying journalists and media figures to their trigger after Mr Morrison’s chief of workers John Kunkel, who they blamed for backgrounding individuals in opposition to them, made contact.
‘Ought to we get Katy Gallagher’s recommendation re kunkel? She’s fairly savage politically haha,’ Mr Sharaz wrote to Ms Higgins on Could 5, 2021.
He then suggests giving the media a ‘drop’ of knowledge earlier than Ms Higgins stated: ‘He’ll simply deny he confirmed something. These conferences are extra of their curiosity than ours. I will simply temporary it out to Tanya and get her recommendation.’
Mr Sharaz replied: ‘Plibersek? That is a good suggestion.’
