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<\/p>\nBy Victoria Pengilley, ABC<\/p>\n
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\nDocuments reveal ARN senior executives were aware since last year of Jackie O Henderson’s complaints against Kyle Sandilands.
\nPhoto: ABC \/ Instagram @jackieo_official\n<\/p>\n
Court documents allege Jackie “O” Henderson had complained to ARN Media about Kyle Sandilands in August and September last year.
\nThe allegations were outlined in a statement of claim as part of her wrongful termination lawsuit in which she is seeking $82 million.
\nThe KIIS FM host was involved in a heated exchange with Sandilands on February 20 and never returned, resulting in the show’s axing.<\/p>\n
Former Sydney radio broadcaster Jackie “O” Henderson complained twice about her co-host Kyle Sandilands six months before their public falling-out<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n Court documents released by the Federal Court on Wednesday state Henderson complained to KIIS FM network’s parent company, ARN Media, about Sandilands’s behaviour in August and September 2025.<\/p>\n The allegations put forward in her statement of claim as part of a wrongful termination claim against Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) a subsidiary of ARN Media, allege she was subject to “offensive and degrading” comments made about her personal and dating life during a broadcast in August 2025.<\/p>\n “I am worried about you on another note, that you’ll never find anyone because there is, all of these requirements that you have,” Sandilands said to Henderson during the broadcast.<\/p>\n “…don’t attack me,” Henderson said.<\/p>\n \nHenderson had complained about Sandilands’s behaviour after a radio broadcast in August 2025. When Henderson walked off air, Sandilands told the audience she was on her “period time”.<\/p>\n In a separate incident in September 2025, Henderson alleges Sandilands made more comments, but they were “dumped” by the censor provided by the network.<\/p>\n “… Just checking in. All ok today?” KIIS’s head of network Derek Bargwanna sent in a text message to Henderson a day after the show.<\/p>\n “Yeah it’s fine today,” Henderson responded.<\/p>\n “We are getting a lot of complaints from listeners, calling it an abusive relationship, women especially. I can send you though [SIC] some [of] the examples.”<\/p>\n In the statement of claim, Henderson demanded “at least” AU$82 million (NZ$99.3m) in compensation for prematurely ending her 10-year, AU$100m (NZ$ 121.1m) contract.<\/p>\n Henderson told she was ‘almost unworkable’<\/p>\n The on-air blow-up came on 20 February, when Sandilands accused Henderson of being “off with the fairies” over her interest in astrology and called her “almost unworkable”.<\/p>\n Henderson, who was heard holding back tears, told Sandilands she was offended and that she would never bring up his shortcomings during a live broadcast.<\/p>\n She left the studio and did not return.<\/p>\n Henderson alleged in court documents that CBC “did not attempt to intervene and did not otherwise stop” Sandilands.<\/p>\n On 3 March, ARN Media announced Henderson had resigned, stating she “cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands”.<\/p>\n![\"Henderson](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4JQH79B_1c6edf23b3ba2779523b5183d04e200f_avif.jpeg\")
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\nPhoto: ABC \/ The Kyle and Jackie O Show Facebook\n<\/p>\n