Atkinson Vinden Lawyers

A court has hit Network Ten with indemnity costs after finding the broadcaster “buried” a defamation notice on its website in a manner designed to “frustrate or undermine” a settlement agreement reached with a gay American social media personality.

Defending a defamation case brought by the head of a group of gay ‘pups’, Network Ten has argued that a report about an Australian man who died from genital silicone injections was substantially true and in the public interest.

The head of a group of gay ‘pups’ suing for defamation over a Network Ten report investigating the death of his partner from silicone genital injections has told the Federal Court that he was “forced out” of a senior position at Google as a result of the broadcast.