The Seven Network has demanded a cancer charity pay it $130,000 for the costs of a reporter from breakfast program Sunrise covering a celebrity fundraising walk in China.
Olivia Newton-John will lead a group of international celebrities on a 21-day trek of the Olympic nation in order to raise money for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal.
Sunrise was set to report on the event but has pulled out after Seven’s demand for the charity to cover its expenses was rejected, according to The Australian.
Seven’s sales director James Warburton claimed the charity had promised to find a sponsor to pay the costs for the Sunrise coverage, but had failed to do so.
Sunrise reporter Monique Wright, who has lost a grandmother and two aunts to cancer, had been signed up to join the walk but has since withdrawn, with her publicist saying “her schedule did not allow it”.