High Court action taken against Gemma O’Doherty over image linking teenager’s death to vaccine

Gemma O'Doherty is being sued by a woman whose son died by suicide over the use of his photograph. Photograph: Alan BetsonA woman whose son died by suicide is suing former journalist Gemma O’Doherty over the use of his photograph and linking his death to the Covid-19 vaccine.

Diego Gilsenan, of Kingscourt, Co Cavan, was 18-years-old when he died in August 2021. His mother, Edel Campbell, has now initiated High Court proceedings against Ms O’Doherty as publisher of The Irish Light newspaper. Mr Gilsenan’s image was one of 42 photographs used in a montage in the publication, which claimed the deaths of the people in the pictures were linked to the Covid-19 vaccine.

Ms Campbell alleges that Ms O’Doherty had sought to “sensationalise the unfortunate death” of her son with “inflammatory rhetoric”. It is alleged that she had done this via “unfounded conspiracies and the unauthorised and misappropriate use” of the deceased teenager’s image, which Ms Campbell describes as “utterly shameful”.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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