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Royal Prank caller DJ to sue radio station...
Mel Greig the female half of the dimwits who attempted to speak to a patient who lay ill in hospital, is set to sue the radio station.
Fellow prankster Michael Christian returned to air in February, and was recently awarded "top jock" by the radio station.
EMBATTLED radio host Mel Greig is accusing employer Southern Cross Austereo of failing to provide a safe workplace over her involvement in the ill-fated royal radio prank.
Adelaide-born DJ Greig has filed a claim with the Fair Work Commission.
Fellow prankster Michael Christian returned to air in February, and was recently awarded "top jock" by the radio station.
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Edit: At least he hasn't decided to do something as arrogant as this.
Wow. Talk about missing the point. 10/10 for that. And calling her a stupid bitch on top of it. :rolleyes:
She has every right to expect her employers to support her, in the same way they did Christian.
Following Jacintha Saldanha's death both MC and Mel have been figureheads of hate (see second post of thread for just one example) so it'll be interesting to know if this was misplaced.
Admittedly I have always had a huge problem with the concept of pranking in general, but the DJ's prank was particularly stupid and irresponsible. Not because of the suicide - to be fair to them, not one person on the planet could have reasonably thought there would be such an extreme outcome to their call - but because trying to access private information about a hospital patient is just ludicrously immature, dumb, and potentially damaging.
Before this and the male DJ accepting an award, I thought the abuse they got was ridiculous and unjustified even when considering my own feelings towards pranking, but now I think they are bringing it on themselves and are coming across as stupid and awful people.
Thank you for saying this. I still have no idea why this story really set off a few people around here.
For me, it was the immaturity and ignorance of the prank. Trying to access information about a patient you have no right to is pretty low and brainless.
Huh? Like they were going to get any info anyway.
Such a vicious post and completely uncalled for. If your going to post a nasty rant like this in future then at least try and not so obviously contradict yourself as you've done in the bib.
It's the principal of trying to prank a hospital, though.
Classy.
Even if they did it wasn't Jacinta Saldanha who gave it to them.
Given they supported her colleague she's within her rights to expect the same level of support.
How exactly does one do that on the other side of the world?
'I hold radio DJs responsible, make them pay for my mortgage': The suicide note left by nurse who hanged herself over Kate Middleton hospital prank call
As you say, classy. Or just extortion?
Saying that people deserve death threats, now that is pretty low and brainless, probably horrid too.
Although I thought that was awful, placing that degree of guilt on 2 people already hung, drawn and quartered for the part they played in all this, I wouldn't say extortion, more the actions of an unstable woman who didn't want to live (let's not forget her previous failed suicide bids) and unfortunately allowed this incident to somehow 'justify' her taking her own life.
Mel Grieg in particular has borne the brunt of this and I hope she gets a satisfactory outcome from her case against the radio station.
Oh, quite. I wish I could edit my post because I didn't really mean to take my reaction that far. I do think any grief they get at this point they have brought on themselves. I felt sympathy until one of them won an award but now I just don't care if people get upset at them again.
By publicly humiliating her in front of millions of people, giving no regard to how she may react. By giving no consideration to how her employment may be affected by their 'joke'.The DJs obviously did not intend for Jacinda to take her own life, nor could even foresee it, but surely must have realised that such a prank could cause deep embarrassment for her and possible disciplinary measures at work?
The balance of the woman's mind was disturbed - it generally is when people commit suicide. It comes across as crass, yes, but I seriously doubt she killed herself just to get the two DJ's to pay off her house. The same article you linked to also states that the radio station is donating/has donated £350'000 to her family, so any money Mel Greig makes out of this classless lawsuit is unlikely to go to Jacinda's family, or indeed mortgage company. Greig is a grown woman, with the ability to make her own decisions. Suing her employers on the basis of 'well, you let me do it!' sounds like something a five-year-old would come up with.
Was she blamed more than him?