Cork mental health author blackmailed online 'disappointed by victim-blaming'

Cork mental health author blackmailed online 'disappointed by victim-blaming'

Cork author Daragh Fleming said he was glad he did not pay as it would have been the 'worst mistake to make'.

A Cork mental health blogger and author who was blackmailed online with intimate images has said he is surprised by victim-blaming and "shaming" language.

Daragh Fleming met the perpetrator who portrayed himself as a woman from Cork on Hinge two weeks ago.

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