Brittany Higgins reveals troubling family health news in emotional post on social media
Brittany Higgins has wished her beloved grandfather a 'speedy recovery' in an emotional post to her social media.
Ms Higgins, who married her long-term boyfriend David Sharaz last month, posted a series of photos of her grandpa to Instagram on Friday.
'Sending love to my amazing grandpa - who insists on surfing with a helmet, watching sports with the sound on mute and who shared his love of politics with me. Thinking of you + praying for a speedy recovery,' she wrote.
The carousel of photos showed Brittany as a young girl riding a horse, her grandpa in his youth and a series of happy snaps with family members.
She credited him for igniting her passion for politics, with the 29-year-old going on to work as a political advisor for several government organisations, members of parliament and Cabinet Ministers in state and federal governments.
The health update comes just over a month after Ms Higgins married Mr Sharaz in front of about 80 guests at The Valley Estate on July 1.
The wedding, held at the sprawling luxury venue on the Gold Coast, was rumoured to have cost more than $100,000.
The special day followed a tumultuous few years for the couple, who were thrust into the spotlight when Ms Higgins went public with her rape allegations.
Brittany Higgins wished her grandfather (pictured right) a 'speedy recovery' on Friday
Ms Higgins, who married her long-term boyfriend David Sharaz last month, posted a series of photos of her grandpa (pictured far left) to Instagram
Ms Higgins said her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann raped her in Parliament House when they were both junior political staffers in 2019.
Mr Lehrmann had denied it, but in April a Federal Court judge found, on a balance of probabilities, that Ms Higgins was raped.
In December last year, Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz bought a chateau in southern France with the $2.4million she was awarded from the Commonwealth as compensation for the way her rape allegations were handled.
On Tuesday, Ms Higgins hit back at Linda Reynolds after she accused her in court documents of plotting with her husband to take down the Morrison government.
The documents were filed by Senator Reynolds' legal team, with the former Defence Industry minister suing both Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz separately in the WA Federal Court over social media comments they made which she claims defamed her.
A trial is scheduled for early August after multiple rounds of mediation talks between the parties failed to reach an agreement.
The court documents have been amended to allege that Ms Higgins - Senator Reynolds' former staff member - and Mr Sharaz engaged in a political conspiracy designed to use her rape allegations against the Liberal/National government.
The health update comes just over a month after Ms Higgins married Mr Sharaz in front of about 80 guests at The Valley Estate on July 1 (the pair are pictured at the wedding)
A spokesperson for Ms Higgins responded to the new claims on Tuesday, saying: 'Brittany Higgins is steadfast in her truth about the aftermath of her rape in Parliament House.
'She is being forced back into the courtroom for the third time to canvass these distressing events.'
Senator Reynolds' updated statement of claim, obtained by The Australian newspaper, alleges that Ms Higgins 'acted maliciously' in making social media posts about how her rape claims were handled by the government.
'They were published in furtherance of a plan by the defendant and Mr Sharaz to use the defendant's allegations of a rape and the political cover-up… as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage upon the plaintiff and the then government,' the statement of claim reportedly states.
Senator Reynolds alleges that part of that plan included organising meetings with Labor figures such as Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who were allegedly provided with false information.
The senators were then encouraged to ask 'aggressive questions' at Question Time in February 2021, shortly after Ms Higgins went public with her rape allegations against former colleague Bruce Lehrmann in March 2019.
