{"id":109223,"date":"2016-01-18T07:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T05:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=109223"},"modified":"2016-01-18T08:56:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T06:56:02","slug":"gareth-cliff-suing-m-net-for-r25-million-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/109223\/gareth-cliff-suing-m-net-for-r25-million-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Cliff suing M-Net for R25 million: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sources close to Gareth Cliff on Monday confirmed to The Juice<\/strong> that the ex-Idols judge is indeed suing M-Net for unfair dismissal and defamation.<\/p>\n

This comes after eNCA<\/strong> earlier reported that Cliff is suing the South African broadcaster for R25m following his axing from the reality singing competition.<\/p>\n

“He will now always be remembered as the Idols judge that was fired for a race issue. That sticks with you,” explains the insider.<\/p>\n

According to the source, Gareth\u2019s schedule and salary for the new season of Idols, due to start at the end of the month, had already been confirmed when M-Net announced that he would no longer be part of the show.<\/p>\n

At the time of his dismissal M-Net claimed that Cliff\u2019s contract was still in the negotiation phase.<\/p>\n

Team Cliff maintains that during his decade on the show as a judge, he had never previously signed a contract before heading into auditions.<\/p>\n

Legal papers were handed over to M-Net on Friday and the broadcaster has until Monday, 14:00 to respond.<\/p>\n

Cliff got axed as a judge on the South African version of the popular TV show after a Twitter frenzy over comments related to the Penny Sparrow race debacle.<\/p>\n

Eyebrows were also raised over the fact that Cliff\u2019s fellow judge, Somizi, did not get the boot after he was involved in a race row just a few weeks before.<\/p>\n

“To be fired over this whole mess does seem unfair. M-Net has said as much. They said I’m not a racist,\u201d Cliff said shortly after news first broke that he would no longer be part of the TV show.<\/p>\n

M-Net has not officially responded to the latest reports.<\/p>\n

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