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Judge warns of consequences of posting ‘baseless comments’ online

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A High Court judge has warned of the real life financial consequences of posting “baseless and libellous” comments online.

Mr Justice Master Harvey awarded £100,000 in damages to the father of former Ireland rugby player Paddy Jackson after an Irish reality TV personality falsely claimed he had tried to pay off the complainant in his son’s rape trial.

Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were cleared of rape in March 2018.

Peter Jackson sued Danielle Meagher for libel following a social media post in April 2018.

Ms Meagher, also known as Danielle Collins, posted the unfounded allegations on Twitter, now known as X.

Both men had denied any criminal wrongdoing throughout their high-profile trial.

The judge said there must be consequences for her “vile” allegations.

“There seems to be a sense in some quarters that there is an online cloak of invisibility leading people to type things on a keyboard they may never utter in person,” he added.


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