{"id":575522,"date":"2026-03-31T03:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575522\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:46:16","slug":"jackie-o-henderson-files-legal-action-against-arn-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575522\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie ‘O’ Henderson files legal action against ARN Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Sydney radio broadcaster Jackie “O” Henderson has filed legal action against employer ARN Media, following the collapse of the hit Kyle and Jackie O Show.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the ASX, ARN Media confirmed Henderson had commenced legal action over her contract termination and was claiming at least $82 million in compensation.<\/p>\n

The Kyle and Jackie O Show, broadcast on ARN Media-owned KIIS FM, came to an abrupt end last month after an on-air row between Henderson and co-host Kyle Sandilands.<\/p>\n

Sandilands was taken off-air and later sacked, with the ex-radio star subsequently launching wrongful termination claims against ARN Media.<\/p>\n

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Jackie Henderson and Kyle Sandilands had an on-air partnership of 25 years. (Facebook: The Kyle and Jackie O Show)<\/p>\n

In a statement, ARN Media said Henderson sent a letter that “made psychosocial health and safety and bullying complaints in relation to the conduct of Mr Sandilands” following the February 20 on-air row.<\/p>\n

ARN Media alleged the letter “involved the exercise or proposal to exercise workplace rights, and that the contract was terminated because of that exercise or proposed exercise”.<\/p>\n

The network said Henderson was claiming compensation “of at least $82,250,000”.<\/p>\n

\"Jackie<\/p>\n

Henderson is claiming at least $82 million in compensation. (AAP: Bianca de Marchi)<\/p>\n

“ARN disputes the claims. It intends to defend the proceedings,” the network said in its statement.<\/p>\n

It comes as Sandilands fronted the Federal Court in Sydney for the first time last week, telling reporters the termination of his $100 million contract had been “traumatic”.<\/p>\n

He denied allegations of misconduct and said his priority was to return to radio.<\/p>\n

“I want to get back to work as quick as possible. I’ve got a family to support,” he said on Friday.<\/p>\n

A judge provisionally reserved five hearing days in June for Sandilands’s matter.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Henderson’s filing comes a week after Kyle Sandilands went to Federal Court for his first hearing in the battle with ARN Media. (ABC News: Jamie McKinnell)<\/p>\n

Legal action ongoingKyle Sandilands’s sacking ‘opportunistic’, lawyer says<\/a><\/p>\n

A Sydney-based employment lawyer says the network who owns radio station KIIS FM acted “prematurely” when it cancelled the controversial Kyle and Jackie O Show.<\/p>\n

Sandilands and Henderson had been due to remain on air until at least 2034 as part of a combined $200 million contract with ARN Media.<\/p>\n

The pair had worked together for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n

Sandilands said he had not been able to speak to Henderson since his suspension.<\/p>\n

Henderson previously said she was “deeply saddened” by the demise of the radio show.<\/p>\n

Henderson has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Sydney radio broadcaster Jackie “O” Henderson has filed legal action against employer ARN Media, following the collapse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[258346,43,282264,128671,282265,72253,282263,282266,257698,53493,44,5847,182874,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-575522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arn-media","tag-headlines","tag-jacki-o-legal-action","tag-jackie-o","tag-jackie-o-82-million","tag-jackie-o-henderson","tag-jackie-o-legal-action","tag-jackie-o-v-arn-media","tag-kyle-and-jackie-o-show","tag-kyle-sandilands","tag-news","tag-nsw-news","tag-sydney-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}