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Australia's richest person sues TV channel for "twisted" drama

Xinhua, February 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia's richest person is suing a local television channel for screening a drama series based on her life, which she said was misleading and twisted.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart's lawyers said on Monday they still intended to sue the Nine Network over the series House of Hancock, despite already forcing changes and cutting four minutes from the program.

The Supreme Court took the unusual step of sitting on Saturday to the resolve the dispute before the show aired on Sunday, however Rinehart was still taking legal action.

Rinehart's solicitor Mark Wilks said that Nine Network had been aware of the errors in the second episode that were misleading and "twisted".

Wilks told Fairfax Media that scenes showing Rinehart conversing with her deceased father were "entirely false".

"(The scenes are) offensive and endeavor to question Mrs Rinehart's sanity, soundness of mind or acumen," he said.

Wilks also said there were incorrect suggestions that Rinehart had tried to prepare a deed that would circumvent her father's final will.

However, the series producer, Michael Cordell, insisted the program was based on "exhaustive research" and was true. Endi