was riding high on radio's most lucrative and generous agreement before it all fell apart, it has been revealed.
As the shock jock heads to court to face off with his former employer ARN in an $88 million legal battle, after the radio network terminated his contract last Wednesday, the details of just how cushy that contract was have been laid bare.
In court documents filed on March 20, a statement of claim reveals that Sandilands was handed some very tasty perks, news.com.au reported on Monday.
In addition to a $7.4 million annual base salary, the 54-year-old was paid an extra $200,000 for consultancy, the publication claims.
An additional $2 million was paid annually as a trademark fee for licensing The Kyle and Jackie O Show as a brand.
He was also awarded a whopping $120,000 flight allowance.
Kyle Sandilands was riding high on radio's most lucrative and generous agreement before it all fell apart, it has been revealed. Pictured with Jackie 'O' Henderson
Sandilands earned a further $500,000 annually for 'contra airtime,' which refers to on-air advertising.
The ex-host of the KIIS FM Kyle and Jackie O Show has reportedly
Sandilands was suspended earlier this month for 'serious misconduct' before his axing, following an on-air spat with Henderson on February 20.
An insider says the shock jock will claim as part of his defence that he had no warnings from ARN management over the issue of how he spoke to his co-host.
The former king of the radio ratings will also argue that ARN 'promoted' their notorious on-air brawls.
'(There were) no warnings, whether formal or informal,' an insider revealed to news.com.au on Monday.
'ARN promoted that kind of content and put it in social media snippets and played it across the network,' they said.
, Sandilands and his legal team are trawling through footage of The Kyle and Jackie O Show to argue that it was 'normal' for the pair to fight.
The insider also revealed that Sandilands is putting in regular invoices to ARN on the basis that his axing was 'invalid and opportunistic'.
As the shock jock heads to court to face off with his former employer ARN in an $88 million legal battle, after the radio network terminated his contract last Wednesday, the details of just how cushy that contract was have been laid bare
In addition to a $7.4 million annual base salary, the 54-year-old was paid an extra $200,000 for consultancy. He was also awarded a whopping $120,000 flight allowance
