TV star ‘created persona’ during time he failed to respond to Arlene Foster libel case papers

Television presenter Dr Christian Jessen (Peter Morrison/PA)

TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen has told a court that he created a “persona” in a series of podcasts he produced during lockdown at a time when he had not responded to legal papers in a libel case brought by Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster.

Mrs Foster is suing celebrity medic Dr Jessen for defamation over a tweet he posted making an unfounded claim that she was having an extra-marital affair.