Lisa Wilkinson celebrated an impressive fitness achievement on Tuesday after she secured $1.15million from Channel 10 over the Bruce Lehrmann case.
The former Project host, 65, revealed on Instagram she has planked for the first time in three years.
Lisa shared two images taken at the gym while completing with core-strengthening exercise and wrote: ‘Celebration day!!
‘My number one priority this year – after a couple of pretty challenging years – is to get my health and fitness back.
‘And today, for the first time in three years, I planked – and managed three and a half minutes. Pretty happy with that!’
She added: ‘A bit to go to get back to my previous record of 6 minutes, but sometimes it’s the small wins, right? And I’m getting there!!’
Lisa Wilkinson (pictured) celebrated an impressive fitness achievement on Tuesday after she secured $1.15million from Channel 10 over the Bruce Lehrmann case
Many of her fans flocked to the comments to praise her achievement.
‘Well done you! Miss your lovely face on our screens. Hope you come back soon,’ one wrote.
‘Awesome! I’m going to give it a try,’ another commented while a third added: ‘What an achievement!!! Go strong Lisa!!’
Lisa’s achievement comes after she secured $1.15million from Channel 10 for legal costs she incurred after Bruce Lehrmann launched defamation proceedings against her and the network.
The Federal Court confirmed the payment on Monday night, with the order stating that Network Ten and Wilkinson had reached an agreement.
‘The total amount payable by Network Ten to Ms Wilkinson in respect of the indemnity for her costs incurred in the proceeding against her by Mr Lehrmann is $1,150,000.00,’ the order stated.
‘Network Ten has paid Ms Wilkinson the amount of $558,548.30 in respect of the indemnity owed by Network Ten to Ms Wilkinson in respect of her costs incurred in the proceeding against her by Mr Lehrmann.
‘The due date for payment by Network Ten to Lisa Wilkinson of the remaining amount of $591,451.70 is 19 March 2025.’
The former Project host, 65, revealed on Instagram she planked for the first time in three years
‘Today, for the first time in three years, I planked – and managed three and a half minutes. Pretty happy with that!’ she wrote
The network spent an estimated $3million defending the case taken by Wilkinson, meaning its overall costs will likely exceed $4million, news.com.au reported.
Lehrmann lost his defamation case against Channel 10 and Wilkinson last year when a judge found, on the balance of probabilities, that he had raped fellow Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in March 2019.
In February last year, the Federal Court ruled that Network 10 had to pay Wilkinson’s ‘reasonable’ legal bills.
But a $1.2million discrepancy emerged between what Wilkinson spent and the amount Network 10 said it would pay.
Wilkinson wanted $1.8million and Ten had offered $600,000.
Legal sources were confident at the time that the network would be required to pay more.
Wilkinson’s decision to engage separate legal counsel from her then-employer during the case caused huge tension between the two parties.
She hired Gillis Delaney Lawyers, which charges $750 per hour, along with well-known defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC.
Lisa’s achievement comes after she secured $1.15million from Channel 10 for legal costs she incurred after Bruce Lehrmann launched defamation proceedings against her and the network. She’s pictured with barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC (left)
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Ten’s lawyer Matt Collins KC had argued the network is not required to pay Wilkinson for costs incurred ‘in an unnecessarily duplicative or wasteful manner’.
‘Ms Wilkinson was not entitled to incur costs … as she pleased on the assumption that Network Ten would ultimately pick up the bill,’ he wrote.
‘She was required to incur costs in a responsible manner, having regard to how those costs might be minimised given the separate but related work being undertaken by Network Ten.’
But Wilkinson said the network not covering her legal expenses is ‘cruel’ and ‘disingenuous’.
She said she needed her own lawyers in the defamation suit after she lost faith in Ten’s legal team, which she felt had ‘abandoned’ her.
Just over a year ago, Justice Michael Lee ruled that ‘in all circumstances it was reasonable for Ms Wilkinson to retain separate lawyers.’
But he also anticipated that there was more wrangling to come.
‘And accordingly, the question becomes where do we go from there,’ he remarked.
It would take 12 months before Wilkinson and Network 10 would reach an agreement.