Inside the lonely rock'n'roll life of Taylor Auerbach - the media personality ... trends now
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The TV newsman at the centre of bombshell allegations in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial has always loved the limelight, ever since he was raised by his rock'n'roll mother.
Taylor Auerbach has stepped back into the spotlight with dynamite allegations of drink and drug binges, sex workers, $10,000 Thai massages and luxury digs for Mr Lehrmann as part of his deal with Seven's Spotlight show.
But Mr Auerbach, 32, is no stranger to the rock star lifestyle.
Taylor Auerbach alongside his rock-chick mum Sharon, front woman of Stone Cold Sober
Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach admitted to his boss on the day after he spent more than $10,000 on Thai massages on a company credit card that the services 'had nothing to do with work'
His Stevie Nicks-lookalike mum Sharon Armstrong-Auerbach is the front-woman of south-west Sydney band, Stone Cold Sober.
The band's Facebook page describes the group as ‘rock with stinging, virtuoso guitar work from international guitar great, Will Newton - Newcastle UK’.
Mr Auerbach has been known to grab the mic himself, with multiple videos of himself performing 60s and 70s classics at karaoke clubs around the world.
Mr Auerbach has a long track record of finding himself in front of the camera.
He featured on Nine's Millionaire Hot Seat in 2009, when he became the show's youngest-ever major winner, pocketing $50,000 when he was aged just 18.
And he followed that up in 2010 as a contestant on cooking program Come Dine With Me Australia, where he hosted a dinner party with a 1950s rock-and-roll theme.
He has also worked for several media outlets in NSW, including Seven, A Current Affair, Sky News Australia, the Daily Telegraph and, briefly, Daily Mail Australia.
Mr Auerbach has been known to grab the mic himself, with multiple videos of himself performing 60s and 70s classics at karaoke clubs around the world
But his biggest role to date is the one he's now playing in the Federal Court in Sydney where he took centre stage on Thursday and forced the defamation trial to be re-opened with an 11th hour intervention.
He provided a sworn affidavit to the Federal Court alleging that he spent
