The Seven West board, led by Kerry Stokes, has probed shock claims of cocaine and sex workers plaguing investigative program Spotlight, with questions raised over the extent of knowledge in the finance department and among Seven executives. News.com.au understands that news and current affairs boss Craig McPherson told the executivesContinue Reading
Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach has dropped a new bomb on Channel 7 sending a concerns notice regarding comments purportedly made by a number of the network’s executives. The concerns notice names Seven chief executive James Warburton, Kerry Stokes’ longstanding right-hand man Bruce McWilliam and producer and blogger Robert McKnight, andContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann intended to line up interviews with international conservative commentators Piers Morgan and Tucker Carlson, according to former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach in a series of texts messages released by the Federal Court. After a bruising five-week trial, a false start and another two days of evidence, Justice MichaelContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann has emerged for the first time since allegations were aired in the Federal Court that he partied with sex workers with a Spotlight producer as the Seven Network sought to seal the deal on an exclusive interview. The former Liberal staffer has moved out of his Balgowlah homeContinue Reading
A former Seven producer has claimed in a bombshell affidavit that the network covered Bruce Lehrmann’s costs for sex workers, illegal drugs, a round of golf and tomahawk steaks as part of an attempt to woo him for an exclusive interview. Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach was a producer who wasContinue Reading
Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach claims Bruce Lehrmann leaked Brittany Higgins’ personal text messages to the program after the producer and Mr Lehrmann went on a two-night bender that included partying with sex workers. The untested claims are contained in an affidavit that was tendered to the Federal Court duringContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins will return to Australia for the first time since fleeing the country in December with her partner, David Sharaz. The former Liberal staffer will come face-to-face with her former employer, Linda Reynolds, at mediation talks in Perth next week over a defamation claim, amid the judge’s plea thatContinue Reading
Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has threatened her former staffer Brittany Higgins with defamation action over a social media post. On Thursday afternoon, Ms Higgins shared a brief message on her social media channels saying she’d received a concerns notice from Senator Linda Reynolds. “I’ve just received a concerns noticeContinue Reading