It certainly looks like a very tangled cobweb this. It's hard to know who to believe and where it's heading. Here's the article from the Western Aust'n:
====== Corby team claims sabotage
STEVE PENNELLS
Schapelle Corby's legal team accused the Australian Government yesterday of deliberately sabotaging her appeal in a desperate attempt to save face over its failure to help her.
The already tense relationship between Corby's lawyers and Australia has collapsed, with the head of her legal team, Vasu Rasiah, saying he never again wanted to see two Australian QCs who had been asked by the Government to help. He said the claim he had sounded out Perth QC Mark Trowell for $500,000 of bribe money from the Australian Government was untrue.
"Everybody warned us. Everybody who we knew in Australia warned us that their sole purpose was to make the Government look good," Mr Rasiah said yesterday. "And the only way they could do that . . . is divide the family, divide the legal team, make the legal team look bad.
"That is the only way they can do damage control for the Government. Never. We never talked about bribes. Why are they talking about that now . . . something that did not take place? What do they have in the back of their minds?"
Mr Trowell said he stood by his claim, describing Mr Rasiah's denial and refusal to work with him as "a lot of rubbish". "What else can he say? He has been caught out and how could he believe there could be any relationship," he said. "Does he really think there could be any relationship when he had made such outrageous approaches for funds to pay judges and lawyers."
The bribe allegations angered Corby's new high-profile Indonesian lawyer, Hotman Paris Hutapea, who threatened to quit, saying he feared the claims could harm Corby's chances of a successful appeal.
Mr Trowell said his criticism of Corby's legal camp was not directed at Mr Hutapea or another Corby lawyer, Erwin Siregar.
Justice Minister Chris Ellison said the Federal Government had not received any requests for bribes or money for lobbying.
Corby's financial backer, Ron Bakir, said yesterday he would tear up a contract with Corby and would sever ties with the family.
Mr Bakir, who has been scrutinised over his motives, said he had worked hard and put a lot of money into her case. But he removed the quasi-official Corby website yesterday, and said he would back away after being criticised by Corby's mother.
