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Old 25-07-2013, 12:06
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Kym Valentine who played Libby Kennedy on Neighbours between 1994-2004 and 2007-2011 is apparently suing Neighbours bosses but now wants a return to the show as Libby.
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Old 25-07-2013, 12:11
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In any job you can only have a certain amount of time off for sickness and Kym has had a lot of time off over the years
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Old 25-07-2013, 12:12
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She will can never return now if she is trying to sue
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Old 25-07-2013, 12:14
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Here's a link to the story.
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Old 25-07-2013, 13:10
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In any job you can only have a certain amount of time off for sickness and Kym has had a lot of time off over the years
Depending on what is wrong with a person, you can have as much time off as you need if you have medical certificates to back it up.

Kym had 1 months off in 2008 due to a collapsed lung. Then she had 6 months off in 2010 due to a blood clot on her lung, and then exhaustion, only to return for a month in 2011, before leaving the show for good due to depression.

It's not like the past 2 years have been for sick leave. Her contract expired at the end of 2011, and it obviously wasn't renewed.

Now, she's alleging that her sick leave in 2008 was "forced upon her".

I think it's kind of odd to sue your boss and want to return at the same time. Can't see FrematleMedia wanting that. Kind of the nail in the coffin for Libby.
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Old 25-07-2013, 17:20
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She had a lot of time off during her contract years did she not, just replace her with the actress that took over before. As she is a Kennedy offspring I take it she is very important to the show just like a Robinson offspring.
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Old 25-07-2013, 17:25
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Expect a off screen car crash death for Libby soon enough…or perhaps Neighbours bosses aren’t that bitter. The actor that played Joe Scully also sued the show a few years ago for unfair dismissal so not the first time something like this has happened.
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Old 25-07-2013, 17:41
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i hope she wins. What she writes about her working environment is very worrying. Her co-stars should strike as they must have a union.
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Old 25-07-2013, 17:45
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Awful Susan Bower was in charge at the time, shouldnt she be taking the heat instead of Richard Jasek?
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Old 25-07-2013, 17:47
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I love Libby, bosses aren't very sympathetic in soaps tut tut
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Old 25-07-2013, 17:48
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Well we won't be seeing Libby again if Kim wants to sue.
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Old 25-07-2013, 20:14
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Article from The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainme...725-2qmv6.html
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Old 25-07-2013, 20:25
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How tacky. Surely she could've spoke to Jasek and worked something out about coming back. She is now 'demanding' that they rehire her, well if they do it'll be for a short stint and to kill her off/make her leave permanently for all the bad publicity she is now giving them. Libby is one of the show's best ever characters and it's a shame that Kym has just basically killed Libby off.
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Old 25-07-2013, 20:31
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They couldn't kill Libby could they!? She infuriates me with her morals when she's around but I do miss her. She's such an integral part of the community when she's around, and kym can never be permanently replaced I don't think, it'd be like recasting Sharon watts, plus they would have to get a new Kennedy kids painting, which isn't possible since Helen Daniels is dead.

I hope they just let her back to be honest. I'd rather have Libby retake her place as saint of Ramsay street, and have Sonya killed off. Libby never really liked her, she'd remind everyone how much of a lush she used to be and force out of Ramsay street into traffic within 6 months!
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Old 25-07-2013, 20:45
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Well I guess we won't ever be seeing Kym Valentine back in Neighbours now.
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Old 25-07-2013, 20:57
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They couldn't kill Libby could they!? She infuriates me with her morals when she's around but I do miss her. She's such an integral part of the community when she's around, and kym can never be permanently replaced I don't think, it'd be like recasting Sharon watts, plus they would have to get a new Kennedy kids painting, which isn't possible since Helen Daniels is dead.

I hope they just let her back to be honest. I'd rather have Libby retake her place as saint of Ramsay street, and have Sonya killed off. Libby never really liked her, she'd remind everyone how much of a lush she used to be and force out of Ramsay street into traffic within 6 months!
I actually don't want Sonya to go as she is the making of Toadie, look at all the development that has happened,

Sonya and Toadie are on their way up to be the iconic couple under Harold and Madge, and Karl and Susan,

We need to see Sonya and Toadfish grow old,
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Old 25-07-2013, 20:58
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I actually don't want Sonya to go as she is the making of Toadie, look at all the development that has happened,

Sonya and Toadie are on their way up to be the iconic couple under Harold and Madge, and Karl and Susan,

We need to see Sonya and Toadfish grow old,
I cannot stand Toadie either. Ideally they would both walk into traffic. The pair of them are the most hypocritical, holier than thou, judgmental, small minded, arrogant residents of Ramsay Street, by a LONG way.
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Old 26-07-2013, 07:06
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I still hope she will return! I don't really understand what she is suing for, but there must be a lot that's happened behind the scenes. Hopefully she'll win the case and get to return. Or the producers may settle with her out of court and offer her a role in the show back.
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Old 26-07-2013, 12:14
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I'd like to see her back too, I never understood the Libby 'hate' on here. If Kym Valentine can't return for any reason and she needs to be recast, I think the actress that stood in for her temporarily while she was ill was great (and this comes from someone who really doesn't like recasts - I'm thinking Declan #2 and I'm not convinced by Brad #2 yet!). I have the name Michelle Banas in my mind but could well be wrong.
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Old 26-07-2013, 12:47
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Oof nearly! Michala Banas
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Old 26-07-2013, 12:48
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Well we won't be seeing Libby again if Kim wants to sue.
Yeah totally - I don't see how we'll ever see Libby Kennedy back in Neighbours again - not if Kym Valentine is sueing TPTB to be honest.
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Old 26-07-2013, 12:48
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I still hope she will return! I don't really understand what she is suing for, but there must be a lot that's happened behind the scenes. Hopefully she'll win the case and get to return. Or the producers may settle with her out of court and offer her a role in the show back.
I honestly cant see why she would win the case or why they would offer her a job back after she sued them.
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Old 26-07-2013, 13:25
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Oof nearly! Michala Banas
Aha!
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Old 26-07-2013, 13:41
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Still find it hilarious how Neighbours did the recast of Libby on screen, a boating accident, Michala Barnas went in the water and went under and then Kym Valentine came back up.
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Old 26-07-2013, 14:45
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I couldn't believe my eyes when I read about this yesterday. Richard Jasek brought back Brad Willis who had no ties to the street and who had been off the show for something like twenty years - surely if Kym Valentine had a word, Richard Jasek would have brought her back in a heartbeat? She plays Karl and Susan's daughter and is practically Neighbours royalty!

Quite honestly, I can't say I've missed Libby. I found her to be quite moralistic and whiny during her last stint. I miss Elle Robinson and Rebecca Napier more!
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