If every dog has its day, Friday was Oscar the cavoodle’s. His barrister owner has been awarded $150,000 in damages after she won her defamation case against television programGina Edwards sued the Nine Network and one its journalists in the Federal Court over stories aired in May and June 2021, and the accompanying online articles, regarding the ownership of Oscar.
In a judgment delivered on Friday afternoon, Justice Michael Wigney ruled in Edwards’ favour and awarded $150,000 in damages including aggravated damages.Wigney said the broadcasts regarding the dispute over the “supposedly famous cavoodle” were “sensationalist, if not hyperbolic”, and “portrayed Ms Edwards in a most unfavourable light”.Janie Barrett
The pooch gained thousands of followers and was photographed in a tuxedo for his appearance in Opera Australia’sJames Alcock Wigney said Edwards obtained possession of Oscar in 2019 “by deception” by falsely claiming he was going to be on Channel Seven’s show,“While Ms Edwards employed deceptive means to obtain possession of Oscar from those who were entrusted by Oscar’s rightful owner, Mr Gillespie, to look after Oscar while he was overseas, she did so in circumstances where she believed that she was a co-owner and had a right to retain possession of Oscar,” the judge said.
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