Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial LIVE stream: Final showdown as Lehrmann’s sex and drugs accuser Taylor Auerbach faces court grilling over wild claims of $10,000 Thai massages, slap up meals and luxury digs
New evidence was uploaded on the Federal Court’s website on Wednesday, including Taylor Auerbach’s affidavits and various receipts for Thai massages amounting to about $10,000.
Mr Auerbach claimed two massages in particular were booked for himself and Bruce Lehrmann during a night out and paid for with a Channel Seven credit card.
Mr Lehrmann has continually denied Mr Auerbach’s version of events and labelled the situation as ‘bizarre’.
The dockets from Sensai Thai Massage in Burwood, in Sydney’s west, are dated November 22, 2022. Mr Auerbach claimed the masseuses attended his home at Elizabeth Bay.
The first payment, worth $875, was made at 1.30am. The other was worth $1000 and was made about 20 minutes later, at 1.49am.
It is understood Mr Auerbach used the corporate card without the knowledge of key Spotlight staff.
According to the Sensai Thai Massage website, the business provides ‘essential quality of service’.
‘Find your happy relief here,’ it says.
‘Discover more fun with us.’
However, when approached by Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday, a masseuse at the business appeared confused about how anyone could spend $10,000 at the establishment.
‘Ten thousand dollars? For what? What are they doing? One hour is $70,’ she said.
The woman then gestured to the parlour’s price list, which clearly showed the most expensive item was an hour-long massage for $70.
The price list in the parlour was at odds with the website, which says patrons can get a 45-minute ‘double massage’ for $100.
She laughed when shown copies of two receipts from the business – one for $875 at 1.30am and another for $1000 at 1.49am – adding: ‘You think this is real?’
She then questioned the Elizabeth Bay address because the massage parlour is in Burwood.
But when it was pointed out that the merchant ID on the dockets matched the Burwood business, she had no response.
The masseuse said the parlour does not do call-outs.
