TV doctor Christian Jessen ordered to pay Arlene Foster £125,000 for false tweet

TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen has been ordered to pay damages of £125,000 (€144,651.25) to Arlene Foster for posting an “outrageous” defamatory tweet which made unfounded claims that the First Minister of Northern Ireland was having an extramarital affair.

TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen has been ordered to pay damages of £125,000 (€144,651.25) to Arlene Foster for posting an “outrageous” defamatory tweet which made unfounded claims that the First Minister of Northern Ireland was having an extramarital affair.

Delivering judgment in the case at the High Court in Belfast, Mr Justice McAlinden accepted that the false tweet by the celebrity doctor had cut Mrs Foster “to the core”.