GenQ - For the not so straight individual

Since the disqualification of Michael Bric (John) and Michael Cox (Ashley) from the Big Brother house on Saturday evening, accusations and careless reporting of an alleged sexual attack against Camilla Halliwell have gone hysterically over the top.

The two men have since faced the public in an official response to the media on Network TEN last night. Making it clear that it was not a sexual attack, however a mere practical joke which was laughed off by all three parties afterwards. The allegations of a sexual attack was simply a product of the media.

Unlike last night, tonight Channel 9's A Current Affair and Channel 7's Today Tonight  wasn't as enthusiastic to correct their stories of sexual attack ? even though the story has been set straight by the two men in question since.

In fact, host of  Today Tonight  Naomi Robson still accused the program of sexual misconduct in tonight's program.

Sydney's The Daily Telegraph  in yesterdays edition interviewed Ashely's mother Rosanna Cox, but then headlined the article the "disgraced Big Brother contestant".

But where did it start?

The official statement from Network TEN and Big Brother's producers Endemol Southern Star, which was released as soon as the two men were disqualified and removed on Saturday night, had no mention of any sexual misconduct of the two men.

The unauthorised, amateur website, Behind Big Brother  which broke the story as a sexual assault on Saturday night had no evidence to substantiate the claim.

The website didn't even include alleged in the statement which may result in legal action from the two men or the shows producers Endemol Southern Star.

Big Brother's Little Brother has learned that this unauthorised website is well known amongst newspaper circles as a source of information on Big Brother. From time to time, the website even warns media outlets to include them as a source of information when publishing their reports.

It is likey that newspapers used that information when running their stories on Sunday morning, which then fueled ill-informed nightly news stories. Presto, a television sex scandal.

Today the original article posted on Saturday 1st July is no where to be seen. However the link now returns a blank page of the websites creative.

The website also published directions on how to obtain footage of the alleged sexual assault, accessible by minors. A delicate issue considering the content of the subject matter at the time was under attack by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. It was originally written as an Announcement on the front page of the forums area, however today it is no longer in the same position.

It steps users through:

"Please feel free to use this thread to request a video - if some one has the video they can private message you the URL. You can also use this thread to request how to watch Big Brother UK, and some one might help you out (via PM of course)"

It also contains other unauthorised videos of Big Brother, including how to download episodes of the UK version of Big Brother, even though the footage is copyright property of television broadcaster Channel 4.

So how far does it go? Whose to blame in this case of mistaken crime? Of feeding ill-informed statements?

John is said to be so distraught about the issue that he was contemplating leaving the country and Ashley is worried about being publicly bashed walking down the street.

A harsh reality when John was hoping for a big break into sports journalism and Ashley hoped to find his mystery relatives and assist his mother on the mortgage he took on when his father walked out on the family.