Crime DOES pay!

[Jim Goose]

Well there you go... overnight celebrity status, several TV deals and heaps of money to "tell his harrowing" story of how aweful its been in a Bali jail, nevermind he broke the law and deserves a kick up the....


http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...105-1n1db.html

Bali boy to talk after six-figure deal with Nine and 60 Minutes
Rebecca Richardson
November 6, 2011
Striking a deal with 60 Minutes ... the boy in Bali.


THE family of the 14-year-old boy on drug charges in Bali has sealed a six-figure deal with Nine Entertainment to tell the story of his arrest and trial.

Sources told The Sun-Herald last night that the deal, worth between $200,000 and $300,000, includes coverage across 60 Minutes, Nine News, and Nine Entertainment's ACP magazines. Nine's managing director, Jeffrey Browne, finalised the deal and it was signed off by the chief executive, David Gyngell. A source confirmed a 60 Minutes team may fly to Bali on Wednesday to film some colour for an interview with the boy and his family – in anticipation that he will be released on Friday.

The celebrity publicist Grant Vandenberg managed the deal, that was signed on Thursday.


News Ltd's Sunday newspapers said 60 Minutes intended to "unmask" the boy as wide-eyed and frightened, and would not have survived the ordeal after his "terrible mistake" without the support of his heartbroken parents.

Nine spokesman David Hurley told The Sun-Herald: "We're obviously keen like all other media but we can't confirm anything at this stage."

The deal could backfire if the federal government moves to seize the money under proceeds of crime legislation, which applies to breaches of domestic and overseas laws.

In August, the NSW Supreme Court froze profits from David Hicks's memoir, Guantanamo: My Journey, pending an application by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to confiscate the money as proceeds of crime.

In 2007, Commonwealth prosecutors similarly launched legal action against Schapelle Corby, who was convicted of smuggling marijuana into Bali, over her book My Story.

The Queensland Supreme Court allowed Corby to keep $280,000 but prosecutors were able to seize more than $100,000 in royalties.

Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland was not available for comment last night.

The Morisset Park teenager told a Denpasar court on Friday that he would redouble his efforts to kick his marijuana habit, and begged to be allowed to go home. The verdict is expected on Friday.

with Mark Forbes

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