Dana loses case requiring relatives to guarantee costs

Dana Rosemary Scallon has lost a High Court application requiring her sister and niece to put up security for legal costs should they lose a defamation they are taking against the singer and former presidential candidate.

The defamation action arises out of a 2011 TV interview, during the presidential election campaign, when she was asked about allegations of sexual abuse made against Dana’s brother John Brown.

Susan Stein and her daughter Susan Gorrell, living in Iowa, US, have taken separate High Court actions alleging Dana defamed them during the interview broadcast on TV3 in October 2011.