Class action mounting against Nine for ‘sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination’
A class action lawsuit against Nine is becoming more and more likely, as Maurice Blackburn has put out a call to women in the commercial television industry who have been affected by sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination.
The law firm put out a public statement saying it is “currently assisting a number of women in the commercial television industry to pursue claims of sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination”, but didn’t specify a particular network.
“We believe that there may be many other women who have been affected, either by witnessing such conduct or by experiencing it. If you have information that could assist our clients, or if you wish to get advice about your own experience, please contact us.”
the sales team at Nine are the worst for this, rotten from the top down, get rid of them
I remember seeing a group of very senior Nine executives attend an afterparty of an industry event at a backpacker’s bar in far north Queensland a few years ago.
From that limited experience I can confidently say that none of the recent revelations surprise me.
Loads of that went on at a certain pay tv network as well.
The pigs pedigree were at the regular FTA channels… most have grey (or no) hair now and are still at it by all accounts ?
the real news story is always in the mumbrella comments
Hey Miss Manners… you have no idea what you’re talking about. None..at..all. ‘Ambulance chasers” give me a break. This has been going on for decades and everyone in the industry has seen it and knows it to be true. Women in television have had to tolerate it before now because there was no recourse, no one to go to. If every woman who faced discrimination or drunken behaviour in TV came forward you wouldn’t have a court big enough to hold them all. Bring it on. About time the dinosaurs were weeded out.
Another example of opportunistic lawyers leaping on the bandwagon to feather their own nest.
Agree with the above, however the objective in most of these cases is an out of court settlement rather than a court victory. I would hazard a guess that Nine would be racing to settle given their history of NDAs.
Unfortunately, we may never know just how much piggery was actually tolerated and probably celebrated by the other pigs in management.
Hearsay is not proof. It will be an uphill battle for these ‘ambulance chasers’ and these plaintiffs