Linda Reynolds has launched bankruptcy proceedings against David Sharaz, just over a month after she won her defamation suit against him and his wife Brittany Higgins.

Ms Reynolds launched legal action against the pair over a series of social media posts made by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz in 2022 and 2023 in the years after Ms Higgins went public with her rape allegation against her ex-colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

The posts, which consisted of tweets and an Instagram story, were critical of Ms Reynolds in her handling of her then-junior staffer's sexual assault allegation.

After losing the defamation suit, Ms Higgins was ordered to pay $315,000 in damages plus $26,000 in interest to her former boss after WA Supreme Court Justice Paul Tottle ruled a series of the posts were defamatory.

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