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The trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been delayed in the wake of an “extraordinary” Logies acceptance speech from Lisa Wilkinson.Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting Ms Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019.He was due to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court on Monday, June 27.Lawyers representing Mr Lehrmann launched a stay application to delay the trial following the publicity surrounding Ms Wilkinson's speech.“Your honour, this speech did not need to be made,” defence barrister Steve Whybrow said on Tuesday.In delivering her judgment, ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said it was “through gritted teeth” she ruled the trial date would need to be vacated.“Unfortunately, however, the recent publicity does in my view, change the landscape because of its immediacy, its intensity and its capacity to obliterate the important distinction between an allegation that remains untested at law,” she said.Justice McCallam said she wanted the trial to be heard this year but s