Bruce Lehrmann's legal team will oppose the use of expert evidence that false sexual abuse complaints are rare in a defamation trial over reporting of rape allegations against him.
Network Ten and the ABC are being sued over broadcasts that reported rape claims by former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.
She says Mr Lehrmann sexually assaulted her in the Parliament House office of their then-boss, defence industry minister Linda Reynolds, in 2019, an allegation he denies.
Ten wants to use evidence by psychologist Chris Lennings at the upcoming four-week Federal Court defamation trial, which is due to start on November 22.
Barrister Tim Senior, representing Ten and the ABC, on Monday said the doctor's report delved into how victims of sexual assault typically responded to those incidents and how things such as memory could be affected.
But Mr Lehrmann's barrister Matthew Richardson SC opposed Dr Lennings' evidence being used, saying it claimed that false sex abuse complaints were "rare".
"There certainly will be objection to that evidence," he told Justice Michael Lee.
A report on Ms Higgins' level of intoxication on the night she alleges she was raped will also be provided to the court.
The defamation case centres around a report on The Project in June 2021 and a joint speech by Ms Higgins and former Australian of the Year Grace Tame at the National Press Club, which was broadcast live on the ABC in February 2022.
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