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The fallout from the sex scandal engulfing Seven West Media shows no signs of abating after the former staffer at the centre of the saga, Amber Harrison, opened a Twitter account in reaction to the latest round of letters from Seven's legal reps cautioning her to remain silent.
In a statement, Harrison says she has been "driven to Twitter" by the latest legal onslaught directed at her, as well as by the public pronouncements made about her at the weekend by Seven director, Jeff Kennett.
In comments reported at the weekend, Kennett said he was satisfied the matter had been adequately dealt with in a corporate governance sense by the independent report prepared for the Seven board by the law firm Allens, and that he was "profoundly disappointed" that Harrison continued to defame Channel Seven employees.
"That is the saddest outcome of this whole process," Kennett opined.
"Jeff Kennett has essentially driven me to Twitter," Harrison said in statement on Monday. "I was signed off from work with anxiety and depression the night they hauled me in to interrogate me about expenses. I was so upset. Seven had the doctor's certificate and even offered to send an ambulance to my house.
"Kennett has essentially endorsed a corporation crushing a woman. For two years I have borne the brunt of an ASX-listed company's all-out legal assault against an individual. If it wasn't for my family, I would be homeless. They [Seven] have left me with no other option but to continue to throw bombs at them until they take some responsibility."
Harrison made no mention if that bomb throwing included a much-mooted tell-all TV interview.
"This is not about an affair between a CEO and his EA," Harrison continues. "This is about a company deliberately setting out to crush a former employee."
A letter from Seven's legal reps, received by Harrison on Friday night, warns her of her obligation under a pair of Deeds not to disclose publicly the contents of any text messages she may have in her possession pertaining to the affair.
Harrison's legal counsel James Catlin professed to being non-plussed: "The ambush investigation into every expense account transaction by Amber the day after she signed a release to escape an oppressive environment just screams whistleblower reprisal," he said.
Seven, meanwhile, is said to be waiting for the dust to settle. With Seven chief executive Tim Worner due to face shareholders at the half-yearly results announcement on February 15, they're placing a high-stakes bet that the saga will have run its course by then. The danger in that bet for Seven? Harrison believes she has nothing left to lose. The other danger is that she's articulate and can very well make for compelling TV talent. Tick, tick, tick.