Brittany Higgins’ husband David Sharaz faces paying as much as $220,000 to former West Australian senator Linda Reynolds in the wake of her high-profile defamation win.

A court order published late on Thursday held Sharaz liable for $85,000 in damages for tweets, an Instagram post and a Facebook comment that were defamatory of the former cabinet minister.

Sharaz and Higgins were also found to be jointly liable for $135,000 in damages over a tweet in which he falsely accused Reynolds of having involvement in pressuring Higgins not to continue with a police complaint after she was allegedly raped by colleague Bruce Lehrmann in Reynolds’ ministerial office.

Reynolds may recover that payout from Sharaz or Higgins – or both – but cannot get more than $135,000.

Sharaz chose to bow out of the

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