Brittany Higgins secures multi-million dollar taxpayer-funded compensation deal

But what was that material?

However, by searching the date and publisher of the paper (which were visible through the cover), my associates were able to identify what appeared to be the article in question. The identity of the paper found by my associates has been confirmed in evidence this morning by the juror in question to be the paper in their document box.

“The subject matter of the paper is indeed sexual assault. Specifically, it is a discussion of the unhelpfulness of attempting to quantify the prevalence of false complaints of sexual assault and a deeper, research-based analysis of the reasons for both false complaints and scepticism in the face of true complaints.

I don't think a juror reading a paper suggesting that the number of false sexual assault complaints should not be recorded was somehow voting to acquit. If anything, they possibly might've been the lone juror preventing an acquittal.

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