Bodybuilder withdraws injury claim due to Facebook images

A champion bodybuilder and fitness coach who claimed he has had difficulty pulling on his socks and lacing his shoes since a car accident last year, and who sued a motorist for €60,000 personal injury damages, dramatically withdrew his claim following video evidence.

Relu Gauca, aged 37, of Old Burrin, Carlow, told Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke he still has to ease himself out of soft low chairs because of ongoing lower back pain.

He told barrister Shane English, counsel for the insurers of David Naughton, Millford Park, Ballinabranna, Co Carlow, that despite continuing weight lifting and bodybuilding coaching in a local gym, he still suffered pain in his lower back.