The turning point in Brittany Higgins' version of events: Single detail about rape victim's fiancé David Sharaz in bombshell judgment exposes when her rape allegation became something else entirely

David Sharaz's involvement in Brittany Higgins' life has been singled out as the turning point for when her story jumped from being about rape allegations to a wider political conspiracy. Justice Michael Lee named Ms Higgins' fiancé 111 times in his 324 page-long judgment on Monday, which marked the end of Bruce Lehrmann's lengthy defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Brittany Higgins is pictured with David Sharaz in April 2021, after she went public with her rape allegations David Sharaz is pictured outside court with Brittany Higgins in Perth in March Turning point Justice Lee determined that Ms Higgins made genuine representations about her assault to her father in phone calls and messages in February 2020, during which there was no discussion of a conspiracy. Lisa Wilkinson is pictured, right, with her barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC after winning the defamation case on Monday The Project producer Angus Llewellyn is pictured outside court during the trial in December Phone wiped Mr Sharaz accompanied Ms Higgins to an in-person meeting with Wilkinson and her The Project producer Angus Llewellyn on January 27, 2021 - about two weeks before her television interview went to air. Bruce Lehrmann is pictured outside court on Monday, after losing his defamation case on Monday 'Wilfully blind' During the five-hour meeting, Mr Sharaz could clearly be heard saying he wanted Ms Higgins' interview to come out at a specific time to put pressure on the Coalition government.