A former Sydney police officer portrayed in Underbelly: The Golden Mile has won her defamation case against the show. Wendy Hatfield, who was played by former Home and Away actress Jessica Tovey in the Australian crime drama last year, claimed that the scriptwriters damaged her character by sexually linking her with Sydney nightclub owner John Ibrahim and accusing her of perjury. According to The Daily Telegraph, the verdict in her favour was formally delivered in the Supreme Court yesterday, but all other details of the settlement have been kept confidential. Since (more)...
- 11/15/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Former policewoman Wendy Hatfield has lost her court case against Underbelly: The Golden Mile. Hatfield, who recently claimed that she is defamed in the Australian crime book and therefore will be treated similarly in the TV show, has been denied permission to view the series before it is aired next month. Judge Ian Harrison told The Daily Telegraph: "Not only is there, in the present case, real room for debate as to whether the statements complained of are defamatory, there is real room for debate as to whether or not there are any statements to complain of at all. "It does not appear to me at present that the (more)...
- 3/15/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The third season of Australian crime drama Underbelly has been threatened with legal action. Former policewoman Wendy Hatfield has accused the scriptwriters of defaming her character by sexually linking her with Sydney nightclub owner John Ibrahim and accusing her of perjury. Although the show has not yet been aired, Hatfield has argued that it is based on the book Underbelly: The Golden Mile, which defames her (more)...
- 3/4/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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