九家娱乐公司撤销了对Gina Rinehart的诉讼, 要求为Ben Roberts-Smith的诽谤上诉失败提供赔偿。 Nine Entertainment drops lawsuit against Gina Rinehart over funding claims for Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation appeal.

九次娱乐已经放弃了对Gina Rinehart的合法追逐, 因为她资助Ben Roberts-Smith的诽谤上诉失败, 告诉联邦法院要求她财务记录的传票已不再有效。 Nine Entertainment has dropped its legal pursuit of Gina Rinehart over allegations she funded Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation appeal, telling the Federal Court the subpoena seeking her financial records is no longer active. 《时代与悉尼晨报》曾向Rinehart寻求与可能的支持有关的文件,Rinehart公开支持Roberts-Smith,但她的律师证实,不存在回应性文件。 The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald had sought documents related to potential support from Rinehart, who publicly backed Roberts-Smith, but her lawyers confirmed no responsive documents exist. Roberts-Smith是前SAS士兵,在一次为期110天的审判和一次高等法院上诉失败后,他失去了2023年的诽谤案,使他承担了大约240万美元的法律费用——150万美元未付——尽管他向法庭支付了91万美元。 Roberts-Smith, a former SAS soldier, lost his 2023 defamation case after a 110-day trial and a failed High Court appeal, leaving him liable for about $2.4 million in legal costs—$1.5 million unpaid—despite paying $910,000 into court. 法律费用总额超过3 500万美元,Roberts-Smith和Kerry Stokes公司澳大利亚资本股被命令支付审判费用1 330万美元和费用225 000美元。 The total legal costs exceeded $35 million, with Roberts-Smith and Kerry Stokes’ company, Australian Capital Equity, ordered to pay $13.3 million in trial costs and $225,000 in fees. Stokes资助了审判,但没有资助上诉。 Stokes funded the trial but not the appeal. 尚未采取任何强制执行行动,但如果费用得不到解决,破产程序仍有可能进行。 No enforcement actions have been taken, but bankruptcy proceedings remain a possibility if costs are not settled.