Louis Walsh has been told in the High Court he is entitled to discovery of documents relating to The Sun newspaper’s investigation into a garda probe into an alleged sex attack by him on a man in a night club loo.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh is seeking access to documents to support his claim The Sun newspaper allegedly offered to pay a man if he agreed to make what later turned out to be a false sexual assault accusation against the showbiz manager, the High Court heard yesterday.