‘I’m not going to pay it’: Amber Harrison warns she is unable to foot Seven’s legal bill
Amber Harrison, the former lover of Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner, has told Ten Eyewitness News she will not pay Seven’s legal costs, after Justice John Sackar ruled in the network’s favour in the Supreme Court of New South Wales today, concluding a months-long legal battle.
In his ruling, Sackar said: “An order for indemnity costs is not, as the defendant [Harrison] frames it, punishing her for ‘taking a stand’, but rather necessary and appropriate to compensate the plaintiffs [Seven] for the unreasonable costs incurred in these proceedings.”
Harrison however told Ten Eyewitness News’ Melinda Nucifora that the money would not be forthcoming.
The season finale of a sordid affair at the Seven Network, as Amber Harrison is ordered to pay the media giant’s huge legal bill. #TenNewspic.twitter.com/x1fShojH9L
Please channel 7 – for the sake of your employees now take some actions that your staff will be proud of.
Agree with the first comment, Seven may have won the legal battle but how about doing the right thing? Though wouldn’t a more dignified CEO have already resigned? Better men and women have.
Bully’s, a very sad day. Sets a terrible precedent. So disappointing
I know the job of journalism is to publish things somebody doesn’t want published, but enabling somebody to arrive at a place where they are eggregiously in breach of a court order and a settlement agreed with lawyers (she obviously at some stage, consented to a settlement because otherwise, where did the $400k proffer come from?) feels to me like either a-social behaviour, or very inappropriate.
Feels like Seven have just demonstrated that they are “sore winners”
To defend themselves by trying to take the high ground is disgusting but not entirely surprising
Given Justice Sackar & Bruce McWilliam ( 7’s Commercial Director ) are known to each other through legal & political circles ( our own PM – Malcolm – being a common link ) I’m surprised the Judge was not required to recuse himself in this case .
They paid her to be quite even though she had allegedly been dodgy with their credit cards.
Simple.. she loses.