Former Paralympian sues Nine for defamation over A Current Affair segment claiming she ‘might have exaggerated her disability’

October 2, 2019 10:49

Former Paralympian Amanda Reid is suing Nine for defamation in response to an A Current Affair segment which investigated claims that the “Rio Paralympian and silver medallist might have exaggerated her disability”, Mumbrella can reveal.

“Forget sandpaper-gate or [the] football supplements saga, the evidence we present tonight points to a sporting scandal unlike anything Australia has ever seen,” reporter Seb Costello promised at the beginning of the package, which aired in September 2018.

The segment, entitled ‘What is her disability?’, aired last year

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Brittney Rigby

Brittney Rigby was Mumbrella's deputy managing editor - news and analysis. She left Mumbrella in April 2021.

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A Current Affair Amanda Reid defamation Edwina Bartholomew Nine Seb Costello

2 COMMENTS

T.R 8 Dec 19

I’m curious to know why this issue is not brought up to the official Olympic committee. If she is in fact faking her disability, she should be stripped of her medals and banned from Olympic games

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M.R 18 Jan 20

When is this going to court?

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