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Huge update for 'suicidal' Ten reporter Tegan George who sued TV bosses after she was driven to drink and traumatised by bushfire horrors


The former Canberra-based reporter, 39, sued the network in the ACT Supreme Court for negligence and breach of duty in care.

She reported suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and nightmares and turned to alcohol after witnessing scenes of dead livestock killed in the blaze and terrified families vacating their homes. George alleged TV bosses ordered her to drive into danger zones at the height of the fire crisis despite safety fears and ash falling from the black skies above her Her legal action stated she could not sleep after the assignment, struggles to concentrate or focus her attention, has 'numbness on the left hand side of her body' and at one point had to be admitted to full-time psychiatric care.

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