Copyright deal could end tai-tai video fight
Journalist who filmed a Hong Kong version of The Real Housewives hopes to end court case by selling its copyright to angry husband
The journalist who landed in a legal fight after posting on YouTube a video depicting a rich but lonely wife says she is now hoping to settle the row by selling her copyright to the furious husband.
Lorea Solabarrieta, who has worked for TVB and CCTV, has spent the last six months fighting lawsuits brought by businessman David Chor Ki-kwong, who was featured with his wife, Gloria, in the 12-minute documentary, The Life of a Hong Kong Tai Tai.
Chor obtained an interim injunction in October which ordered Solabarrieta to withdraw the video from YouTube, which she says she did.
But earlier this month Chor, who says the video is an embarrassment, filed a writ saying that she had not met the deadline. He is asking that she be found in contempt of court and jailed. No date has been set for the hearing.
"This case is a waste of taxpayers' money," Solabarrieta told the Sunday Morning Post.
Chor, in his sixties, demanded Solabarrieta, a daughter of a high-school classmate, remove the video after he felt embarrassed by scenes in which his wife showed off her collection of Hermes and Gucci handbags and broke into tears when saying he did not have enough time for her.