TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen “constructed a reality which did not exist” during a series of podcasts he produced during lockdown, the High Court in Belfast has heard.
Northern Ireland’s First Minister, Arlene Foster, is suing the celebrity medic for defamation over a tweet he posted making an unfounded claim that she was having an extra-marital affair.
On December 23 2019, he published the tweet to his 300,000-plus followers. The tweet remained online until Dr Jessen deleted it on January 7 2020.
A key issue in the case is the TV doctor’s repeated failure to engage in the legal process and respond to papers served on him by Mrs Foster’s representatives.
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