Under the confidential agreement, Seven has issued a public apology to the university student.
A 20-year-old university student who was wrongly identified as the Bondi stabbing attacker by the Seven Network has settled his legal dispute with the media giant for an undisclosed amount.
Later that morning, police identified the mass murderer as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, who had been shot dead at the scene.The Seven Network has reached a settlement with Benjamin Cohen, the 20-year-old university student who was wrongly identified as the Bondi stabbing attacker. "As Seven stated earlier, it was a mistake to name Mr Benjamin Cohen as the Bondi Westfield attacker," a Seven spokesperson said.Under the settlement, Seven's apology is public, but its terms – including any sum that may have been paid to Cohen – are otherwise confidential."Seven accepts the identification was a grave mistake and that these assertions were entirely false and without basis," the apology from CEO and managing director Jeff Howard states.
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