Following his wrongful identification as the perpetrator behind the tragic Bondi Junction stabbing that claimed six lives, university student Benjamin Cohen has taken legal action against Channel 7 News.
Cohen has engaged prominent Sydney barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC to represent him along with defamation lawyer Patrick George.
‘We have issued the concerns notice to Channel 7 today,’ George told ABC News.
An investigation by ABC uncovered that the initial misidentification occurred online shortly after the incident on Saturday afternoon.
By early the following morning, Channel 7 News had erroneously named Cohen as the perpetrator, labeling him as the ’40-year-old lone wolf attacker.’
However, NSW Police later identified the actual perpetrator as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, who was fatally shot by an officer inside Bondi Junction Westfield.
Cohen told media he was disappointed with the widespread propagation of misinformation without regard for fact-checking or the real-life consequences.
Channel 7 News have 28 days to respond to the defamation claim.
Everybody in Australia named BENJAMIN COHEN (don’t know how many) could engage in a class action lawsuit! That would be funny.
The irresistable smell of money….
It would be anti- semitic to add another comment.
Indeed. In fact it was anti-Semitic of Channel 7 News.