Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to cough up $2 million for Network Ten’s legal costs after his failed defamation suit in the Federal Court. Ten says the actual cost was $3.6 million – but it had offered a discount. That might have something to do with Lehrmann’s tricky financial situation… Yesterday, Justice Michael Lee, who presided over the case, said Lehrmann – whose own lawyers worked for him on a “no win, no fee” basis – probably wouldn’t be able to pay up. “The applicant is a man of modest means,” Lee said. To remind you, Lehrmann sued Network Ten/presenter Lisa Wilkinson for defamation over an interview with his former colleague Brittany Higgins, but Justice Lee ultimately ruled in favour of Ten. Lehrmann’s dispute with his former landlord over allegedly unpaid rent and property damage is in court next Thursday – so more bills could be coming…