00:00 Well, today the court's been hearing from Matthew Collins, who's representing Network
00:07 10, and he's talked about a number of issues that he has to prove to defend his case, including
00:15 identification.
00:16 And he told the court that there was no substantial evidence that Bruce Lerman had been identified
00:23 by the program, which is a fairly sort of fundamental claim that has to be proved if
00:29 Bruce Lerman's defamation action is to succeed.
00:32 He's also outlined a series of what he says are lies that Bruce Lerman told, some of these
00:38 things Bruce Lerman did admit to and offered explanations for during his evidence in this
00:44 trial.
00:46 And Matthew Collins put up a series of slides where he had what he alleged was the lie,
00:52 the source for refuting that lie, and what Bruce Lerman had said about it.
01:00 So we've had sort of some visual aids this morning as well.
01:04 And Mr. Collins has said one crucial thing is that Bruce Lerman has offered no actual
01:12 explanation or satisfactory explanation for what happened in the 40 minutes he and Brittany
01:18 Higgins were in the office of Senator Linda Reynolds on the night of the alleged attack.
01:24 Bruce Lerman says he wants a substantial compensation because he was identified by this interview
01:31 on the project and that it meant he was defamed.
01:37 But today, Matthew Collins suggested to the court that based on the evidence that it's
01:42 heard so far, he should receive nothing, even if it is found that he was defamed.
01:48 So the other thing, of course, is the legal fees.
01:52 And some people involved in this are up for substantial bills by the end of it, some of
01:57 which may never be recouped.
01:59 The judge has a very big job in front of him.
02:02 And he's been going through today, asking questions, detailed questions at critical
02:08 moments, which I guess he'll do with each of the lawyers.
02:11 He has to hear from four in total.
02:14 So I think it'll be some time before we see a result.
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