' personal debt will play a crucial role in his legal battle as the shock jock begins his $88 million case against his old employer, ARN, in federal court on Friday.
The 54-year-old ex-host of the KIIS FM Kyle and Jackie O Show was suspended earlier this month for 'serious misconduct' before his axing, following his on-air spat with on February 20.
Sources close to the case have revealed that Sandilands is seeking a speedy resolution since he is carrying a mortgage on his $14 million mansion in 's ritzy Vaucluse.
The insider told news.com.au that the one-time radio ratings king has made 'financial plans' based on his lucrative contract.
Sandilands is seeking the remaining $85 to $88 million on his ARN contract in the proceedings.
'There are a few different arguments he is making, but firstly, it all comes down to the termination and that it was done wrongfully,' the insider told the publication.
Kyle Sandilands' personal debt will play a crucial role in his legal battle as the shock jock begins his $88 million case against his old employer, ARN, in federal court on Friday. Pictured: Sandilands outside his Sydney mansion
Sources close to the case told news.com.au that Sandilands is seeking a speedy resolution to his case since he is carrying a mortgage on his $14 million mansion in Sydney's ritzy Vaucluse (pictured)
The source continued: 'He has a young family like everyone else, and he also, the way he has figured his life out, for the next eight years or so, was to be on air, and to have that radio show.'
Sandilands splashed out on his Sydney mansion in 2023, soon after he and Jackie 'O' Henderson signed a massive $200 million landmark deal with KIIS FM.
The now-defunct deal was inked to expire in 2023, and had the radio stars set to make $10 million a year as they expanded into the Melbourne market.
Sandilands wants a timely resolution to his legal matter, the insider said, because the former radio star's opportunities are for the moment restricted.
'He just wants it all figured out because this is just a weird no-man's-land, and he can't be on-air, and it is a very odd time,' the source said.
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An insider now 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, Jackie 'O' Henderson.
The former king of the radio ratings will also argue that ARN 'promoted' their notorious on-air brawls.
The now-defunct $200 million deal was inked to expire in 2034. Pictured with Jackie 'O' Henderson
The insider also revealed that Sandilands is putting in regular invoices to ARN on the basis that his axing was 'invalid and opportunistic'.
Apparently, legal mediation is off the table as a way of resolving the conflict between ARN and Sandilands, says the source, because the radio star believes that there was no 'valid reason for his termination'.
Backed by a prominent legal team, Sandilands is claiming that ARN deliberately conspired to sabotage his $100 million, 10-year contract in a calculated attempt to exit the costly agreement after just over 14 months.
Sandilands' legal team is led by the 'ferocious' Kevin Lynch, a partner at Johnson Winter Slattery, according to The Australian.
The end of the Kyle & Jackie O Show was announced last week when Sandilands released a statement at 7am announcing that KIIS' parent company, ARN, had .
