He said there was a “very serious risk” Harrison would not comply with her confidentiality obligations unless restrained by a court order.
Emails tendered in court showed Harrison threatened to destroy Worner’s reputation and career in an apparent act of “revenge” for perceived “wrongs”, Justice McDougall said.
Harrison was involved in a consensual sexual relationship with Worner from late 2017 to mid-2017 and went public with details of the affair in December last year.
She left the company in 2017 after signing two deeds, which provided for a series of payments totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars to be made to her but also extracted from her a promise not to speak publicly about the company or the relationship.
Justice McDougall noted the payments from Seven to Harrison stopped in early 2015, when a further 10 instalments were yet to be paid, because she did not comply with an obligation to hand over her electronic devices and records.
He said her refusal to hand over the material was based on an “erroneous construction” of an agreement she signed with Seven.
Justice McDougall said he was satisfied Harrison had “breached some, at least, of her obligations” to Seven, which provides a strong indication the gag order would be made permanent at a later date.
- Amber Harrison went ‘nuclear’ in dispute with Seven’s Tim Worner: judge, Stuff.co.nz, February 22 2017.
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