During the interview in June a year ago, Ms Gibson failed to explain why she had lied about a terminal brain cancer diagnosis and claimed she had cured it with a healthy diet of whole foods.
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Disgraced author Belle Gibson was secretly paid $75,000 for appearing on Channel Nine’s flagship current affairs show, 60 Minutes, after her global cancer hoax and charity fraud were first exposed.
Ms Gibson was later forced to confess that she had lied about having, and curing, terminal brain cancer after her book and app were pulled from stores.
A copy of remittance advice dated July 2015 shows two payments of $37,500 were made to Ms Gibson’s lawyers from the network, The Age reported.
Consumer Affairs Victoria started an investigation previous year amid claims Gibson failed to donate $300,000 to charity she had promised from the sale of her The Whole Pantry app and cookbook.
The troubled Ms Gibson also could not tell Brown whether or not she was 23 or 26.
Consumer Affairs Victoria, which has brought the case against Ms Gibson, allege she profited off her false cancer claims, defrauded charities and misled the terminally ill, as well as her publisher, Penguin Publishing.
Nine has declined to say whether Gibson was paid for the freaky interview, in which she told Brown she was the victim despite having deceived social media followers who believed she had terminal cancer.
In May Consumer Affairs announced it would take action against Gibson after an investigation into her alleged contraventions of consumer law.
Gibson told her large social media following she started “getting back to basics” and opted for healthy foods and natural therapies which healed her cancer, the court heard.
It turns out Gibson was paid an even higher amount of $75,000, according to documents obtained by Fairfax Media for the exclusive interview.
‘They already are, ‘ Gibson responded.
“And we’re concerned about that”, the Penguin representative says.
Penguin released Gibson’s book in October 2014 but it was withdrawn from sale five months later.
Gibson made more than $1 million in profits from her cookbook and the wellness app.
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Documents given to Melbourne’s Federal Court show that the publishing giant and its publicity team systematically looked past concerns about Ms Gibson and the truth of her explosive claims.
