Bruce Lehrmann’s new housemate says he let the former Liberal staffer stay to help out a mate, but now he’s “basically ruined my life” as the wild party continues for a third day.
Lehrmann, 28, was forced to move out of his $2,000-a-week property on Sydney’s northern beaches last week when his deal with Channel Seven for exclusive interviews in exchange for a year’s accommodation came to an end. end.
With nowhere to go and more court appearances on the horizon, his partner Paul Farrel had a spare room in North Sydney and decided to help out, apparently unaware that media photographers would be concentrating on capturing the parties. nights of Mr. Lehrmann.
Groups of women have been seen arriving at the $4.1 million three-bedroom house with pool every day for the past three days.
Outside the house on Thursday, Farrell, 48, told WhatsNew2Day Australia he was reconsidering the situation.
Bruce Lehrmann carried two mystery women in the rain on Tuesday
Bruce Lehrmann’s housemate Mr Farrell is pictured outside the rental in North Sydney on Thursday.
Farrell (pictured with a woman with a face tattoo) had let Bruce Lehrmann stay at his rental apartment in North Sydney.
“I’m renting this place and I had a spare room, so I thought I was helping out a buddy,” he said.
“But it basically ruined my life with all the photographers and journalists running around.”
When asked if the sweet smell seeping into the house came from the vaporizers, he said, “Yes, probably.”
Farrell later left the house and encountered a young woman with a tattoo on her face and new vaporizers in tow.
Earlier, a friend had arrived with a case of alcohol, there were two trips to the bottle shop, and the group accepted a delivery from Taco Bell.
Neighbors were frustrated by the noise Thursday, alleging that Lehrmann’s co-workers had been “screaming” lyrics to Tina Turner songs, swearing at all hours and talking outside into the wee hours of the morning.
“It’s not loud music, it’s mostly choir music with the girls screaming and yelling to Tina Turner,” said one neighbor.
“They’re constantly saying bad words, it’s ‘s-this’ and ‘s-that’.”
Another neighbor accused guests of parking on the sidewalk and across driveways, which she said “is selfish for parents pushing strollers.”
“It’s quite intrusive because they already have a two-car garage to park in,” they said.
On Thursday, a woman left the property without shoes (pictured). She had been seen with Mr. Lehrmann on Tuesday.
The group accepted a delivery from Taco Bell on Thursday lunchtime (pictured)
Pictured: A blonde woman entering Bruce Lehrmann’s home on Wednesday.
Mr. Lehrmann’s week of partying began on Tuesday night when he was seen in a burgundy jacket, flanked by two glamorous women, outside his home, moments after a new trial date was set in his blockbuster murder case. defamation.
The trio charged through the rain and jumped into the back of an Uber, one of which was holding a can of alcohol.
The spree continued on Wednesday when another group of women entered the same property, including a blonde who previously appeared barefoot with a vaporizer on the balcony of her former home in Balgowlah.
On Wednesday, she wore a black dress with a thigh-high slit and black stiletto heels, as she juggled car keys, a phone, a bottle of Hendrick’s gin and a half-drunk bottle of whiskey.
And on Thursday, shortly after noon, another crowd shuffled into the house with cases of alcohol.
WhatsNew2Day Australia understands that most of Thursday’s visitors were friends of Mr Farrell and that, despite the festivities, the property never received a noise complaint.
Mr. Lehrmann has been contacted for comment.
In just four days’ time, Federal Court Judge Michael Lee will hand down his ruling in Mr Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
She launched defamation proceedings over an episode of The Project in February 2021, during which Brittany Higgins first went public with her rape allegations in an interview with Wilkinson.
Higgins alleged Lehrmann raped her in Parliament in March 2019, when they were both Liberal Party employees.
He was not named in the broadcast, but claimed that friends and colleagues were able to identify him as the alleged rapist. He has always maintained his innocence.
The month-long trial was held in December. The trial is scheduled for Monday at 10:15 a.m.
Two women in sportswear also went to Bruce Lehrmann’s house on Thursday (pictured)
Lehrmann and his companions braved the rain and disappeared in an Uber on Tuesday (pictured)