Miranda Kerr backs petition to save banker’s job
Following the hilarious clip last week of the Australian banker unwittingly viewing near-naked pics of Miranda Kerr on his PC while a live TV broadcast was filmed behind, there’s been a lot of interest in the poor chap involved. Amid speculation that the Macquarie Private Wealth trader David Kiely – who was instantly suspended – was going to be given his marching orders, the internet mobilised in his support, with an online petition getting thousands of names.
Following his initial suspension, a spokesman for the bank said: “Macquarie has strict policies in place surrounding the use of technology and the issue arising from the live cross on Seven News is being dealt with internally.”
Australia’s Channel 10 news claimed yesterday that Kiely had been set up by a colleague who sent him emails with the offending attachments, and a final message which invited him to “turn around now”.
Eventually, even Miranda Kerr weighed in. “I am told there is a petition to save his job and of course I would sign it.”
Macquarie has now issued a statement confirming: “He will remain an employee of Macquarie. Macquarie and the employee apologise for the offense that he may have caused.”
The whole incident hasn’t been bad for Ms Kerr. The BBC claimed that online searches for her shot up by 100%.
And here’s the little video again:
