Jimmy Guerin claims in defamation case against Gemma O’Doherty that she implied he was a paedophile

The Irish Times - 21/11
Claims were made during hour-long broadcast in which Ms O’Doherty alleged media covers up paedophilia

Jimmy Guerin, a brother of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin claims in a High Court action that Gemma O’Doherty defamed him in social media posts and a website video which, he claims, implied he was a convicted paedophile.

Mr Guerin is suing Ms O’Doherty, a former journalist with the Irish Independent, over the postings on Twitter (now known as X), Facebook and her own internet video broadcast portal, Gemma.TV, on July 11th and 12th, 2019.

The Twitter and Facebook posts stated that a “paedophile brother of Veronica Guerin, murdered with the involvement of garda” had been found guilty of possession of hundreds of child sexual abuse images...
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