Bruce Lehrmann: ‘Shrieking’ babes, booze and angry neighbours as political staffer’s parties during the day for third weekday in a row
For three days, Bruce Lehrmann threw a stormy party with a bevy of glamorous women he spotted at his home, brandishing bottles of booze and marching around without shoes.
But Daily Mail Australia can reveal Lehrmann’s weekday festivities have infuriated his new neighbors on Sydney’s north shore, with locals complaining about “screaming” women and “selfish” parking arrangements.
Lehrmann’s controversial week of partying started on Tuesday evening when he was spotted in a burgundy blazer, flanked by two glamorous women, outside his new flat.
Moments after Federal Court Judge Michael Lee set a new date for sentencing in his successful defamation case, Mr Lehrmann and his girlfriends charged through the rain and jumped into the back of an Uber, with one drinking from a can.
The celebrations continued on Wednesday when another group of women entered the same property – including a blonde who made her media debut in March when she appeared barefoot and vaped on the balcony of his old home in Balgowlah.
She approached the house on Wednesday in a black dress with a thigh-high slit and black stiletto heels as she juggled car keys, a phone, a bottle of gin and a half-drunk bottle of Scotch whisky.
And on Thursday, shortly after noon, yet another crowd shuffled into the house with boxes full of alcohol.
A frustrated neighbor told Daily Mail Australia there have been large parties at the property over the past “three or four weekends” ending at 6.30am.
Bruce Lehrmann is pictured with two women on Tuesday, shortly after the date was set for his defamation trial
Mr. Lehrmann and his companions braved the rain and disappeared in an Uber
Pictured: Bruce Lehrmann and two women leave his North Sydney home on Tuesday
“It’s not loud music, it’s mostly a fuss, with the girls screaming and shouting along with Tina Turner,” they said.
“They swear all the time, it’s ‘f-this’ and ‘f-that’.”
Another neighbor accused guests of parking on sidewalks and driveways, which they said is “selfish for parents pushing strollers.”
“It’s quite intrusive because they already have a double garage to park in,” they said.
There was loud chatter from the house on Thursday as a man arrived with a box of Suntory and John Farnham’s hit ‘The Voice’ played in the background.
Later that afternoon, the group received a Taco Bell delivery.
It is unclear whether Mr Lehrmann lives alone or with a roommate in the property, or whether it is a temporary arrangement while he finds a more permanent option.
Channel Seven had paid the Balgowlah property’s rent of $2,000 a week for a year in return for exclusive interviews on the network’s Spotlight programme, but the year is now over.
The meeting on Wednesday evening also included two women who arrived in sportswear, holding hands as they walked through the gate. A male friend in a black puffer vest then arrived with another bottle of liquor.
A woman who was out with Bruce Lehrmann on Tuesday was seen leaving on Thursday (photo)
On Wednesday, a mysterious blonde woman arrived at Bruce Lehrmann’s home
She is the same woman who appeared on his balcony in Balgowlah, barefoot and holding a vape
The blonde woman was seen talking to Bruce Lehrmann on the balcony on Wednesday
On Wednesday, two more women in sportswear arrived at Mr. Lehrmann’s new home
Mr Lehrmann’s partying habits came under scrutiny last week when former Channel Seven employee Taylor Auerbach filed a series of wild claims in the Federal Court.
These included allegations that the network’s Spotlight program paid for Lehrmann’s cocaine, Thai massages and lavish meals in an attempt to lure him into exclusive interviews.
He gave the court what he said were bar and brothel receipts he collected during his time as Lehrmann’s “babysitter,” worth more than $10,000. Channel Seven has denied the claims.
Mr. Lehrmann previously told the court that the network only reimbursed his living expenses for a year, which amounted to about $105,000, and reasonable travel expenses for filming.
On Monday morning, Judge Michael Lee will hand down his judgment in Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
He launched defamation proceedings following an episode of The Project in February 2021, in which Brittany Higgins made her rape allegations public for the first time in an interview with Wilkinson.
Ms Higgins alleged Lehrmann raped her at Parliament House in March 2019, when they were both staffers working for the Liberal Party.
He was not named on the broadcast, but claimed friends and colleagues were able to identify him as the alleged rapist. He has always maintained his innocence.
The trial took place in December and lasted a month.