Nine chief executive Hugh Marks was in serious discussions with the company’s board last week over the fate of up to four senior employees, The Daily Telegraph reports.
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Reporter Tara Brown, director of sport Tom Malone, 60 Minutes executive producer Kirsty Thomson and the now-sacked executive producer Stephen Rice were the four ‘names’ in question.
Cameraman Ben Williamson and sound recordist David Ballment were not considered for disciplinary action as they did not play a large enough role in the botched child abduction.
The 60 Minutes team travelled to Beirut where a team from Child Abduction Recovery international were paid to grab the two children of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner.
On April 7, Faulkner and the 60 Minutes crew were arrested by Lebanese police.
A rumoured $1 million payment to the children’s father Ali Elamine enabled them to be released.
However, Faulkner was also forced to relinquish full custody of her two children.
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