Seven drops legal costs against Amber Harrison
Network no longer seeking punishment or legal costs for former executive assistant.
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Seven is no longer pursuing former executive assistant Amber Harrison for legal costs and does not want to see her imprisoned.
Harrison had a consensual affair with CEO Tim Worner ending in 2014, but which triggered a barrage of headlines after she went public with details.
Throughout much of 2017 Harrison and Seven were at loggerheads over personal details being made public in media and social media, after she had signed a confidential exit package. Both sides had a falling out ultimately leading to contempt of court proceedings against Harrison.
In July Justice John Sackar said Harrison had engaged in “numerous breaches” of the deeds she signed in 2014 and “these breaches have been persistent and flagrant”. Justice Sackar said her conduct was “unreasonable” and ordered her to pay Seven’s costs.
Despite Seven winning the case, Harrison continued to defy a gag order on social media.
Yesterday Seven’s lawyer Ruveni Kelleher told the NSW Supreme Court the network was now only seeking a declaration that Harrison was in contempt for breaching court orders. It no longer sought orders that she be punished for any contempt or that she pay Seven’s legal costs.
Harrison, who is reportedly unemployed, said any punitive costs would bankrupt her. She has since removed multiple tweets.
A a GoFundMe campaign to raise $200,000 to help pay legal bills only amassd $9208 and has since closed.
A blogger who detailed Harrison’s Human Rights Commission complaint also served 4 months prison for contempt of court.
A contempt of court hearing between Seven & Amber Harrison is set down for May 9.
A Seven spokesman declined to comment because the matter was before the courts.
Source: B&T, Australian Financial Review.
3 Responses
Can somebody please explain why AH is a victim? She made many ill guided decisions, allegedly stole from her employer, breached employment contracts and goaded the corporate beast until they attacked and won. She then played the “I’m a single poor parent” card, which never should have been a card to play. That child should be her only concern, not seeking retribution for past mistakes. Nobody is innocent in this saga, but she seems to be the biggest loser in the whole saga, mainly by her own hand.
The old boys club of Tim Worner, Bruce McWilliam, Justice John Sackar and Jeff Kennett were still despicable in their vicious pursuit of Amber Harrison. At least someone has persuaded them to show this small measure of decency.
Seven reached a generous confidential settlement with Harrison. It was Harrison who then publically went after Worner, Seven inviolation of that agreement and slandered several other Seven employees with false allegations, after she was ordered to repay credit card debt she improperly racked up. She persisted after court orders were issued against her. Seven are not showing decency, it is just pointless for them to pursue money that doesn’t exist and once she has stopped making the posts and keep this in the media longerr. They just want a court verdict against her, not that that will convince Harrison’s fans of the facts.