Could not happen to a much nicer person!

[Grim Reaper]

Take him to the cleaners Andrew!.....Hewitt is a wanker!


AFL star sues Lleyton Hewitt
From: By Grey Morris
October 17, 2005

AFL star Andrew McLeod is seeking a court injunction to stop tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt releasing a DVD of a holiday they took together in a national park last year.

The Adelaide Crows player appears in the movie Lleyton Hewitt: The Other Side, a documentary the pair made in Kakadu in 2004.
The Darwin-born Adelaide Crow flew to Perth yesterday for the International Rules Series against Ireland.

While he was keen to talk about the hybrid series against the Irish - and former Brisbane Lions' star Darryl White's comeback with local NTFL side Darwin yesterday - the name Lleyton Hewitt was kicked out of bounds on the full.

"No, that's in the hands of my management," he said. "I'll let them and the lawyers look after that."

Hewitt yesterday slammed the legal action as "mystifying", saying McLeod had long known of the DVD and had not raised any concerns previously.

Hewitt said he still considered the Crows midfielder a friend and hoped they could sort the dispute out together. A spokesman for Hewitt yesterday said footage involving Mcleod was just one part of the DVD and related to a fishing trip the pair took.

"We are totally mystified at the action taken by Andrew," Hewitt's spokesman said. "Lleyton still considers Andrew a friend and is disappointed he has chosen to start legal proceedings rather than explain his change of heart and sort it out between them," the spokesman said.

"When Lleyton became aware Andrew had recently raised issues through his manager, Lleyton attempted on a number of occasions to speak to Andrew but has received no response. We are still hopeful that Andrew will contact Lleyton and explain what is going on so this can be sorted out sensibly."

In his claim to the Federal Court, McLeod says he and Hewitt visited sacred sites, witnessed Aboriginal events including bushwalking in restricted areas, dancing, fishing, observing rock art and a series of story-telling.

He alleges Hewitt did not ask permission from traditional landowners or the Land Council to use restricted segments in filming.

The spokesman for Hewitt said the DVD was conceived by Hewitt and his marketing team several years ago, to show aspects of his life away from the tennis court.

Hewitt funded the trip, invited a cameraman, with McLeod's consent, and the Crows star was aware the footage would be used in the DVD, the spokesman said.

McLeod watched footage with Hewitt at Christmas and was happy with it, he said.

The first anyone knew of concerns was when McLeod's manager contacted the company producing the DVD, he said.

The McLeods were missing from Hewitt's wedding to Home and Away actor Bec Cartwright in July. McLeod moved in with Hewitt in 2004 when he briefly left his wife. And Hewitt turned to McLeod after he was dumped by ex-fiance Kim Clijsters.

[King-Eliagh]

Hmm interesting reading grim. I cant believe mcleod got permission for lil lleyton to visit sacred places. Bloody hell, the little fuck is a racist pig and mcleod helps him out?

The pair of them are boneheads in my opinion.

[Beaussie]

Yeah interesting read alright. Hmmm, like you say KE, what was McLeod doing with Hewitt in the first place at sacred sites without the traditional landowners permission? It seems their friendship judging by the last para has been a bit rocky for a while now. You would of thought McLeod would attend the wedding wouldn't ya?

[King-Eliagh]

No i think mcleod got permission to be there for the two of them beaussie. There was no permission for filming given. Lil Lleyton's trying to make a buck out of this trip with a dvd. Spose the lil cretin hasnt got anything else interesting on his holiday to show so he's gone and taped sacred stuff.

Still Mcleod is a bonehead, and so is lil lleyton.

[Grim Reaper]

Hewitt probably took advantage of Andrew's friendship!

[Beaussie]

No i think mcleod got permission to be there for the two of them beaussie. There was no permission for filming given. Lil Lleyton's trying to make a buck out of this trip with a dvd. Spose the lil cretin hasnt got anything else interesting on his holiday to show so he's gone and taped sacred stuff.

That seems to be the case according to this article:

DVD court battle
October 20, 2005
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/s ... 22,00.html

A DVD of AFL star Andrew McLeod and tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt holidaying together in the Northern Territory has pitted the two against each other in court.

The Adelaide Crows player is trying to stop Hewitt from releasing the DVD that includes footage of a holiday they took together in Kakadu last year.

The footage features in the movie Lleyton Hewitt: The Other Side.

Lawyers for the pair appeared in the Federal Court today in Melbourne asking for the matter to be dealt with as quickly as possible.

In McLeod's statement of claim to the court, he says he and Hewitt visited sacred sites, and witnessed several Aboriginal events including bush walking in restricted areas, dancing, fishing, and story-telling.

He said Hewitt did not obtain permission from the traditional landowners or the Northern Land Council to use this footage on the DVD.

Hewitt's lawyer Ross Macaw, QC, told the court his client wanted the matter dealt with urgently as the distributers wanted the DVD released in time for Christmas sales.

Justice Donnell Ryan made an order for the matter to be heard in November.

[King-Eliagh]

I hope this whole court case fucks the video sales. Infact we need more media exposure about it, i havent heard a thing.

What a boring watch it'd be...Lleyton Hewitt: The Other Side.