Family’s TV deal annoys Cassie
BOGOTA: Cassie Sainsbury’s mum and sister yesterday resorted to yelling her name from a public park behind her Bogota jail to try to talk to her amid fallout from the paid media deal they made without her knowledge.
Lisa Evans and Khala Sainsbury were filmed by the 60 Minutes crew with whom they have signed an exclusive contract to talk about Sainsbury’s ordeal — a deal which the 22year-old told News Corp Australia has upset her because they didn’t seek her permission.
They stood for almost half an hour filming the segment, where they waved their arms and called out to Sainsbury on the third-floor walkway outside her cell.
The pair had asked for a million dollars in initial negotiations for the story but the final figure is understood to be much lower.
The Channel Nine deal is in direct competition with one signed by Sainsbury’s fiancé Scott Broadbridge, which she says she supports.
Despite the two head-tohead cash-for-comment deals, Sainsbury on Thursday spoke extensively to News Corp Australia over a public phone in her cell block, where she revealed she is being bullied by her cell mates and not receiv- ing the right medical attention in four separate conversations of about five minutes each.
She said she didn’t know about her family’s agreement with 60 Minutes, and that it annoyed her.
“It’s my story. They need to get permission from me to sell my story,” she said.
Sainsbury was arrested April 11 at El Dorado international airport with 18 plastic wrapped packages of cocaine.
She denies she was trying to smuggle the 5.8kg of drugs home to Australia and said instead she was tricked into packing them by a man she only knew as Angelo, who she met and came to trust as “a good friend” after landing in the South American cocaine capital on April 3.
Sainsbury has told police, her family and lawyers she thought the oddly shaped packages were headphones she’d bought for a bargain.
Broadbridge yesterday visited the jail the to sign paperwork ahead of his scheduled visit Saturday, local time, which is when El Buen Pastor allows men to visit their partners.
He will have a six-hour window to spend with Sainsbury, who he will meet after passing through three security checks.
Her family is expected to visit Sunday, local time, the designated day for female guests.