Brittany Higgins reveals sickening death threats: 'I'LL BURY YOU’

Brittany Higgins has revealed a series of terrifying messages from a stranger who threatened to kill her, her partner and her dog.

The former Liberal staffer and advocate for survivors of sexual assault shared the messages to Twitter, saying it’s not the first time she’s received death threats.

“I’ve copped a lot of abuse and numerous death threats since speaking publicly about my experience in Parliament House. However, targeting my partner and threatening to chop up my little Cavoodle is a whole new low,” she wrote.

“Please be better everyone.”

The messages were sent to Ms Higgins’ partner, journalist David Sharaz, and threatened to follow the pair home from work and “bury” them.

“See you soon,” the message from a profile called David wrote.

“And do what?” Mr Sharaz responded.

“You’ll see. I’ll bury you both,” the stranger said.

“Seems threatening,” Mr Sharaz said.

“I will kill you both when you least expect it,” came the reply.

“Do you know where I am?” the journalist said.

“Yes. I’m going to chop Kingston up into little pieces,” ‘David’ wrote, referring to the couple’s dog.

“I will follow you home from work and destroy you all. Bye for now.”

The troll’s profile used an image of late Australian artist Craig Ruddy, who died in January from complications due to Covid.

The use of Mr Ruddy’s image sparked further outrage, with one friend of the artist calling the image theft “very disturbing”.

Sharing the exchange to his own Instagram account, Mr Sharaz wrote: “None of this is okay.”

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Trolls and bullies could fact fines of $111,000

Ms Higgins, who alleges she was raped by a colleague in a federal minister's office in 2019, has previously struggled with the toll of relentless public scrutiny following her explosive claims.

In June last year, she was hospitalised over concerns for her mental wellbeing.

At the time, Mr Sharaz told The Guardian she was “receiving the support she needs after months of sustained political pressure”.

Earlier this year, new powers granted to the eSafety commissioner under the Online Safety Act gave social media companies 24 hours to remove offending content or face fines of up to $111,000 for an individual and up to $555,000 for companies.

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