Schapelle could command as much has $3 million, which is the highest paid for an interview in Australian television history, but should she be allowed to receive it?
The Australian Proceeds of Crime Act could prevent her from receiving the income directly.
Already, in 2009 the Supreme Court of Queensland made an order under the act by consent that forced her to pay $128,800 to the Commonwealth.
The money related to profits that Corby had received from her book My Story and a magazine article published in New Idea.
But perhaps with the right structuring things could be put in place to enable her family to profit from the interview. In the past her sister Mercedes and mother Ros have not been shy about pocketing regular money for magazine updates. However, it is Corby’s story in her own words that will generate so much intrigue.
Schapelle has become one of the most talked about Australians, with discussions of, did she do it? echoing across barbecues nationwide. Was the family involved? Or maybe the 4.2 kilograms of marijuana was placed in her boogie board big like she has insisted all along?
In any case the Schapelle Corby story still causes intense public interest.
Network executives forecast a huge audience for the broadcast of a tell-all interview. Most expect it to out-rate previous high-profile interviews, including those with landslide survivor Stuart Diver and mine collapse victims Brant Webb and Todd Russell.
Would you tune in to watch the Schapelle Corby interview, even if you knew that she would not reveal anything new, just to hear her side of the story after all these years? I know, as I hate to admit it that I probably will.
To add more intensity to the Schapelle Corby story, next Monday night a telemovie is due to be screened. It is based on the controversial book Sins of the Father, written by journalist Eamonn Duff. It alleges that Schapelle’s father, Michael, now deceased, was involved in a drug syndicate and that he was the source of the drugs in his daughter’s bag.
According to reports the Corby family “are furious” that the film has being made and it is based on a book they say paints Schapelle in the wrong light.
Perhaps this will spur her on to make that lucrative deal to tell her story after all?
Tell us today your thoughts on Schapelle Corby, do you think she should be allowed to profit from a tell all interview? And will you watch it?