Threat only.
Suspect it will get settled fairly quickly.
Costs a lot of money to run a defamation case and if you lose (as per Lehrmann and Roberts-Smith) can be very expensive.
And while stupid of 7 to repeat the name (given he clearly wasn’t 40yo as mentioned by police) the actual attacker was named the next morning, so can’t imagine you can claim much in the way of damage…
Also announcement by Westfield that the centre will reopen on Friday, albeit at reduced hours.
Should get a couple hundred gs out of 7, if they have anything left in the coffers.
I’m sure there will be a gaggle of defamation lawyers flocking to take his case. Probably on a no-win-no-fee basis.
Disagree. Even if was only for a few hours, having your face spread internationally around the world on television, and the internet and being labelled as a terrorist would leave you with some mental trauma.
I’m sure at some point someone will recognize him and be like “Oh, you were a suspect in the Bondi stabbings”.
Whilst it may not go to court, I wouldn’t be surprised if he does sue them, that 7 will look to settle out of court very, very quickly. As Davee said, a couple hundred G’s at the least.
Hope he gets a shit load off them. Fucking cunts
There used to be an old joke in the football community “Nobody screws soccer like Channel 7”
Well, it’s fair that gets a dust off and revamp.
“Nobody screws themselves harder, than Channel 7”
One of the lawyers is friends with the woman who was killed and her baby attacked.
Apparently she’s pissed they published photos of the family without permission etc.
Seems like she is happy to smash 7 to pieces.
It’s about as open and shut case of defamation as you could get, 7 will offer him dumb money to drop it.
I thought this must be the case, I had abc news on when they announced her name and they pointedly said that they wouldn’t be publishing her picture at the request of the family, then later that day and the next I saw her picture on another channel and in papers. Did seem like someone had dropped the ball badly there
Not to mention any Google search of your name for the rest of your life