{"id":13231,"date":"2017-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/poll-shows-basically-everyone-is-furious-about-paying-cassie-s-legal-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"poll-shows-basically-everyone-is-furious-about-paying-cassie-s-legal-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/poll-shows-basically-everyone-is-furious-about-paying-cassie-s-legal-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Shows Basically Everyone Is Furious About Paying Cassie\u2019s Legal Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A Sunrise Facebook poll has revealed a whopping majority of respondents resent seeing taxpayer funds used to pay \u2018Cocaine\u2019 Cassie Sainsbury\u2019s legal fees.<\/h3>\n<p>The bill totalled about $100,000 after Cassie pleaded guilty to smuggling 6kgs of cocaine in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>83 per cent said they were \u2018angry\u2019 public money was spent, while 17 per cent weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">POLL RESULT: Sunrise Facebook audience overwhelmingly say they&#39;re angry that taxpayers funded &#39;Cocaine Cassie&#39;s&#39; defence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SQyYC6oDqY\">pic.twitter.com\/SQyYC6oDqY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sunrise (@sunriseon7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunriseon7\/status\/926205784236552192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>Earlier, Sky News anchor Chris Kenny blasted the payment.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cHer legal fees totalling about $100,000 have been paid by you and me. A young Australian has travelled overseas, has confessed to smuggling 6kgs of cocaine, has got herself into trouble\u2026 and you and I pay for it.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cThat\u2019s not good enough. That can\u2019t be right.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be picking up the legal bills for self-confessed drug smugglers.\u201d<\/h3>&#13;\n<\/blockquote>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chriskkenny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chriskkenny<\/a>: It&#39;s disturbing that Cassie Sainsbury&#39;s legal fees are reportedly being funded by the taxpayer. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/headsup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#headsup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4dgkvHQnvM\">pic.twitter.com\/4dgkvHQnvM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNewsAust\/status\/926060078234402817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sunrise Facebook poll has revealed a whopping majority of respondents resent seeing taxpayer funds used to pay \u2018Cocaine\u2019 Cassie Sainsbury\u2019s legal fees. The bill totalled about $100,000 after Cassie pleaded guilty to smuggling 6kgs of cocaine in Colombia. 83 per cent said they were \u2018angry\u2019 public money was spent, while 17 per cent weren\u2019t. 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