Rinehart should be given House of Hancock show early, judge declares
Gina Rinehart has attacked the Channel Nine miniseries as a distortion of the truth.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart should be able to watch the second episode of Nine Network's show House of Hancock before it airs, a judge says.
Justice Peter Garling said that based on promotional material and interviews about the second episode there was a real prospect the show would air statements that are not entirely accurate and perhaps even made up.
He pointed to remarks made by entertainment reporter Peter Ford that the second episode was 20 times worse and made Ms Rinehart look like an "obsessed, vindictive shrew".
"I am satisfied the plaintiff is entitled to see it," he said.
He ordered that Nine Network hand over a DVD of the episode due to be broadcast on Sunday.
It can only be viewed by Ms Rinehart, her senior and junior counsel and a number of solicitors.
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