Originally Posted by jack_blair:
“No chance
One thing the Americans will have got their lawyers to ensure, is that Endemol are banned from showing the footage or selling it on, it's been used in police investigation, - and even if it hadn't been, they'll be a non-disclosure order put in place, we won't get to see it (sadly!),
which may also even have been a condition that Endemol have agreed with the Legal Teams of the Americans not to pursue further litigation against them as a company, too, which is a possibiilty.”
Two parties have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, so why would Channel 5 do that? It would just make their lives more complicated with endless interference from agents and others....
There are no non-disclosure agreements. You either sign up on Channel 5's terms, or Channel 5 get someone else....
Signing a non-disclosure agreement on a reality TV show is an oxymoron if ever I saw one. The point of Reality TV is
full-disclosure.
Nobody can ban legally obtained footage from being broadcast, especially footage that doesn't break any Ofcom rules, or legal laws.
Farah and anyone else can politely ask for it not to be shown, but that is all.
And for the record....nobody is going to sue anyone else either. It's too expensive and the outcome is too random. There's no Jury and the final judgement is by a single judge according to the balance of probabilities (as opposed to 'beyond reasonable doubt').
Think back to Andrew Mitchell. There is not one shred of physical evidence that Andrew Mitchell said 'f****** plebs' (That is what made Mitchell so confident of a win), and yet a judge said that on balance he probably did say those words....and that was both his reputation and half a million quid down the swanny river.
Does Farah or Janice really want to put their lives on hold for a year whilst they risk every penny they own to sue this person or that person....just to win an argument when they could be back on a reality TV show back in America?
No. Once the Police work is done, Channel 5 will be free to do what they want, and neither Janice or Farah will give a hoot.