Seven weeks after Adam Whittington was jailed in Beirut over the 60 Minutes botched kidnapping the Nine Network still hasn't contacted his family, the imprisoned man's mother says.
Georgina Whittington says her son can't get bail until charged by Lebanese authorities over the bungled plot to snatch the children of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner from their father in April.
Mr Whittington, who was paid $70,000 for his role in the kidnapping, was not mentioned in a report released by Nine on Friday that found "inexcusable errors" in the events that led to the arrest of Mr Whittington, three of his colleagues and a team of four 60 Minutes staff including reporter Tara Brown and producer Stephen Rice.
Mrs Whittington told the ABC on Friday night she didn't know about the report until it was released.
"I haven't heard a word from them, they didn't even have the decency to contact my daughter-in-law, Adam's wife, and his two kids," she said.
The report revealed the incident had cost Mr Rice his job and resulted in official warnings for the remaining crew members but Mrs Whittington said nothing had happened to help her son.
"First they've thrown Adam under the bus, now they're throwing Steve Rice under the bus," Mrs Whittington told the ABC.
"If one gets under the bus they should all get under the bus. Channel 9 employed all of them so what's good for some should be good for all the others."
She said payments made to Ms Faulkner's former partner, Ali Elamine, to have charges against the 60 Minutes crew dropped had affected her son's case.
"Money talks and we don't have money," she said.
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