The high profile virtual trial of Novak Djokovic’s appeal against the Australian government’s decision to cancel his visa was overshadowed on Monday January 10 by interference and jokes that hijacked live streaming to stream loud music and pornographic images .
Australia has decided to stream the court hearing live via audiovisual links between the chambers of the judge and the government and Djokovic’s lawyers due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Minutes before the trial began, journalists clicked an expired Microsoft Teams link provided by the court, unaware that the court had replaced the link. In the expectation of seeing proceedings in real time, they were instead confronted with pornographic images, according to the Reuters news agency.
Federal District and Family Court Judge Anthony Kelly heard Djokovic’s case on Monday and ordered the Serb to be released from immigration custody, where he has been held for the last 4 days after Australian Border Police issued his visa upon arrival Melbourne earlier this month, citing deficiencies, had canceled evidence of a medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination.
Judge Kelly also ordered the return of Djokovic’s passport and other travel documents so he could defend his crown and compete for the 10th Australian Open title when the first Grand Slam of the season kicks off January 17.
Journalists were surprised by the disturbance, but quite a few saw the funny side of it.
Emily Benammar, Head of Digital Sport at News Corp, made an ironic social media post saying that “porn” was the only thing missing from Djokovic’s saga, which hit the headlines ahead of the season’s first Grand Slam dominated all over the world.
“Porn: the only thing missing from this whole Djokovic saga,” said Benammar in a tweet.
TECHNO RAYS AND GIGGLES IN LIVE STREAM
Australian journalist Sarah Dankert described the resulting chaos, including some Jokers moaning “Nole,” a diminutive for Novak.
“While there is a public broadcast there is an old team link that still works for the Djokovic case and the court officer is gone after having issues with the mute.
“We experienced techno, giggled, screamed and someone just kept saying Nole in a tortured voice.”
This link, which had been widespread on social media in the days before, had been replaced with a new link that the court sent to the media. And when the hearing was due to start at 10 a.m., the new link led to a website that had crashed due to over-visit.
JUDGE KELLY REMARKS USER TO CLICK THE MUTE BUTTON
The trouble was not over yet. As soon as the link worked again, the judicial process was accidentally interrupted by a citizen who joined the live stream but was not muted. “We’re in,” said the person, leading to a reprimand from Judge Anthony Kelly.
“Can I ask anyone on the screen to mute themselves?
Four hours after the start of the trial, the court sent a third link to its own YouTube channel just in time for the late lunch break. After three hours of stop-start amusement, the link worked at 5:12 p.m., just in time for the final verdict: Djokovic should travel freely.
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