Overview

• Christian filed a Federal Court suit this July against Southern Cross Austereo over its handling of the December 2012 hoax call that preceded nurse Jacintha Saldanha’s suicide
• He alleges 2Day FM producers ordered him to impersonate senior royals in a bid to reach the then-Duchess of Cambridge at London’s King Edward VII Hospital
• Court documents say the broadcaster pledged to provide health services and media backing for its shock-jock hosts but never delivered on those assurances
• Christian claims he was gradually marginalised after the incident and that his February redundancy was a sham despite the network still requiring his former role
• He is seeking penalties, economic compensation and damages as his case moves toward its first Federal Court hearing