Lleyton Hewitt Threatens Legal Action Over Firm Spy Article

We must be doing something right: earlier this week , solicitors for ‘cashed-up bogan‘ duo Lleyton & Bec Hewitt wrote to the Firm Spy threatening legal action unless we edited a post and issue a public apology.  Well Lleyton, without admitting liability or endorsing your seriously hilarious views on the law of defamation, here it is…

For those who have forgotten, Lleyton Hewitt is a famous, dual Grand-Slam winning Australian tennis player. In one memorable game, Hewitt is reported as having:

swore at his first opponent and gave him the finger…[and] questioned line calls: one such disagreement led [Hewitt] to ask loudly, of one official: “Who is this poof?”

While Lleyton’s comments have no doubt offended many over the years, the Firm Spy remark in question — innocuous fun though it was — seems to have enraged the tennis star.  It appeared beneath a since-removed photo of the couple, in an article written by the Firm Spy about redundancies in the South Australian court system.  The post can probably still be found online somewhere.

So we’re sorry Lleyts! Good luck in the French Open!

The correspondence serves as a timely reminder that the Firm Spy is committed to reporting accurate information and to not defaming people.  We invite corrections and comments with every one of our posts.  Send the Firm Spy your news and views today!

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