The full terms of the settlement are confidential,representatives for Cohen said on Friday morning.
A full apology from Seven’s chief executive,Jeff Howard,said the network “accepts the identification was a grave mistake” and the assertions were entirely false and without basis.
His apology explained the process through which Cohen was identified,which included a Seven producer mistakenly believing information relating to a 40-year-old named Benjamin Cohen had been confirmed as correct information regarding the Bondi Junction attacker in the early hours of April 14.
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After his name was broadcast at 6.05am and 6.15am,Howard said,the network did not air his name again and made attempts to find a contact number for Cohen,which it did not have until his mother contacted the Seven newsroom.
NSW Police later identified Joel Cauchi as the perpetrator of the Bondi Junction attack. It was several hours after Seven had described Cohen as “40-year-old lone-wolf attacker”.
Howard saidSunrisepresenters were “devastated” by the error.