Seb Costello exits Nine amid review into bathroom incident

A Current Affair reporter Seb Costello has resigned from the Nine Network, just months after the company launched a review into an incident where he chased an interview subject into a women’s public toilet.

Costello resigned from the company this week after 13 years, he confirmed to this masthead.

“After more than a decade at Nine, I have resigned from my role to seek a fresh challenge. I would like to thank Nine and wish them all the best,” he said.

Costello made headlines in November when he, alongside a camera crew followed a finance executive, from a firm being sued by the corporate regulator ASIC, into a bathroom and attempted to film and interview him over the top of a cubicle door.

The executive, Oak Capital’s Mo Ahmed subsequently alleged the Nine reporter had assaulted him. Nine launched a review into the events, which took place in the Intercontinental Hotel on Collins Street, with Costello stood down in the interim.

Costello, the network’s former European correspondent, was still stood down at the time of his resignation, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, not authorised to speak publicly.

A Nine spokesperson declined to comment on whether the review has been completed or not, but confirmed the resignation.

“We wish him all the best,” the spokesperson said.

The incident occurred only months after Costello’s father, former Treasurer Peter Costello stood down as chair of Nine, days after clashing with a News Corp journalist in Canberra Airport.