{"id":565197,"date":"2026-03-26T07:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/565197\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:56:20","slug":"kyle-sandilands-news-new-details-shared-about-kyle-sandilands-fight-against-arn-as-it-heads-to-court-with-claims-shock-jock-will-use-the-dump-button-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/565197\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Sandilands news: New details shared about Kyle Sandilands&#8217; fight against ARN as it heads to court with claims shock jock will use &#8216;the dump button defence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/kyle-sandilands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Kyle Sandilands\">Kyle Sandilands<\/a> \ufeffis taking his fight against <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/kyle-sandilands-jackie-o-henderson-update-lawyer-weighs-in-court-case-after-kyle-arn-axing-fight\/8f395b7d-2f03-44b5-aa12-e1e2195072ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\" ARN to court after his axing,\">ARN to court after his axing,<\/a> and it&#8217;s starting tomorrow, it&#8217;s been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sydney&#8217;s 2GB on his show on Thursday, Ben Fordham revealed proceedings are taking place on March 27 at 9am and that a document filed was an affidavit from Sandilands, 54, citing the shock jock&#8217;s full name, Kyle Dalton Sandilands.<\/p>\n<p>An affidavit is a written statement used as evidence in court.<\/p>\n<p>Fordham \ufeffclaimed on a previous show this week that Sandilands will &#8220;use the dump button defence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/mafs-after-the-dinner-party?utm_source=nine-com-au&amp;utm_medium=homepage-banner&amp;utm_campaign=nine-stan-pathways-mafs-after-the-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-plug-link=\"stan_link-in-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the videos above.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/08d68085-3e76-4bb3-aba1-8ec80441ba36.jpeg\"  alt=\"kyle and jackie o fight jackie set to return\"\/>New details have emerged about Kyle Sandilands&#8217; fight against ARN as it heads to court. (KIIS)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;131873, the open line number, one of the biggest court cases of 2026. Looks like it&#8217;s going to start tomorrow. Our entertainment editor Peter Ford has sent me a copy of a screenshot from the Commonwealth Courts,&#8221; Fordham said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it says here, 27 March, 9am, first case management hearing before Justice Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And some more information, documents filed, Notice of Acting, Appointment of Lawyer, Australian Radio Network, that&#8217;s ARN, Affidavit from Kyle Dalton Sandilands, originating application, Kyle Dalton Sandilands, Concise Statement, Kyle Dalton Sandilands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, it&#8217;s kicking off tomorrow by the looks of things in the Federal Court of Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE\ufeff: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/lachie-neale-cryptic-post-heartbroken-peaky-blinders-clip-photo-dump-split-jules-neale\/79bc6a99-a3d8-4465-8fad-9ae107e141be\" target=\"\" title=\"AFL star shares cryptic post about marriage break up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AFL star shares cryptic post about marriage break up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/mel-schilling-death-mafs-star-and-husband-gareth-brisbane-love-story\/b6ab5134-edde-4f58-96d2-3bdb4cfb1b5e\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mel Schilling almost gave up on love before she met Gareth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mel Schilling almost gave up on love before she met Gareth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/chloe-pink-afl-star-toby-pink-wife-hits-out-at-trolls-again-after-posting-innocent-video\/c3eb8d6d-b0b9-496d-acea-1e5cc709cd94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"AFL star&#039;s wife forced to defend herself against trolls again\">AFL star&#8217;s wife forced to defend herself against trolls again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b27b74a1-df43-49a7-83a8-36a12cba4cf5.jpeg\"  alt=\"Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson\"\/>It&#8217;s been \ufeffclaimed that Sandilands will &#8220;use the dump button defence&#8221;. (Instagram\/Jackie O)<\/p>\n<p>Fordham also claimed \ufeffSandilands will &#8220;use the dump button defence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;2GB Breakfast can reveal Kyle Sandilands is going to use the dump button defence.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;On the radio show he hosted with Jackie O, there was a 30-second delay. And because of several breaches of the radio codes, the censor was employed by the radio station.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;They worked for the radio network and independently of The Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show, and if the conversation headed into dangerous territory, the censor would beep out anything deemed to be too risky.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4c8cf1ff-7f57-4bed-ab15-bb9736f2901f.jpeg\"  alt=\"Ben Fordham attends the Nine 2025 Upfronts at Carriageworks on October 24, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. \"\/>Ben Fordham is pictured. (WireImage)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the morning of Kyle and Jackie O&#8217;s now infamous on air-argument, the censor didn&#8217;t beep any of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s my understanding that it&#8217;s written into Kyle&#8217;s contract that the radio station is responsible for what goes to air.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The radio station is actually obliged to dump anything that breaches the signed agreement between ARN and Kyle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, if anything being broadcast placed Kyle in breach of his contract, the radio network had a duty to dump it.<\/p>\n<p>Fordham shared audio from an old segment in 2025 where Kyle and Jackie O appeared to have a tiff and Henderson claimed she \ufeffwas getting &#8220;f&#8211;king gaslit&#8221;.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>It was claimed to not have gone to air at the time, but was broadcast later.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, the fight was packaged up and used for a future segment. They didn&#8217;t want to waste it,&#8221; Fordham said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And this is going to be part of the argument from Kyle Sandilands. If he didn&#8217;t face any disciplinary action over the incident in 2025, how&#8217;s it fair to sack him for something similar in 2026?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For a daily dose of 9honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=honey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/08c7b1c1-a572-4ffd-9fd3-648861181c03.png\"  alt=\"Kyle Sandilands discusses future at ARN after suspension\"\/>Sandilands previously released a statement, announcing his termination from ARN. \ufeff\ufeff (9News)<\/p>\n<p>Sandilands previously released a statement, announcing his termination from ARN. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\ufeffARN has just announced that they&#8217;ve terminated my contract. I don&#8217;t accept it. My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is,&#8221; he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me tell you what actually happened here. Jackie and I had a blue on air. That&#8217;s it. The kind of thing we&#8217;ve done a hundred times in 25 years. And ARN took the situation and decided to try and burn the place down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They sacked Jackie. They suspended me. They wouldn&#8217;t even let me pick up the phone to call her or anyone else on the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then \u2013 and this is the bit that gets me \u2013 once they&#8217;d made it impossible for the show to go on, they turn around and say, &#8216;You didn&#8217;t fix it. You&#8217;re fired!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/2025\/02\/07\/11\/13\/kyle-sandilands-life-career-in-photos-through-the-years\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/da4279bd-5c91-4213-b3b9-a8561ca74ba5.png\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wayward boy who became one of the most infamous voices on radio<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t want to fix this. They thought they saw a chance to get out of the contract they signed with me a year ago, and they ran with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added in part that he&#8217;s leaving things in the hands of his lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a contract until 2034. I&#8217;ve got rights under that contract. And ARN hasn&#8217;t honoured the contract. So, it&#8217;s over to my lawyers,&#8221; he said.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>ARN issued a statement to the ASX. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ARN Media Limited advises that it has issued a notice of termination of contract to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media),&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result, the Kyle and Jackie O show will no longer be presented.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/0ae76657-7d7d-4e34-af1e-9a57919095a0.jpeg\"  alt=\"Radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson\"\/>Henderson, 51, broke her silence in a statement days later claiming she &#8220;did not quit or resign&#8221;. (Instagram\/Jackie O Henderson)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision follows the Company&#8217;s ASX announcement on 3 March 2026 which outlined that ARN had provided written notice to Mr Sandilands and Quasar Media stating that it considered Mr Sandilands&#8217; behaviour during the broadcast of 20 February 2026 to constitute serious misconduct and a breach of ARN&#8217;s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As noted in the 3 March 2026 announcement, Mr Sandilands was given 14 days to remedy the breach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sandilands was stood down following an on-air clash with Henderson on February 20, after she read from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s astrology birth chart.\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Henderson, 51, broke her silence in a statement days later claiming she &#8220;did not quit or resign&#8221; from The Kyle and Jackie O Show after the program was pulled from the KIIS FM airwaves by ARN.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been truly heartbreaking to see how this has unfolded. At this stage, I am unable to say anything further, as I am addressing this through the appropriate legal channels,&#8221; she said in part.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. 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