Mother and daughter who tried to change €675 Christian Louboutin shoes lose defamation case

Judge O’Donohoe was told that the shoes had been purchased in cash in the Christian Louboutin Department by Sarah Anne junior’s boyfriend as an anniversary gift, and were found to be the wrong size. This had been her reason for wanting to exchange them. File picture
A mother and daughter, both with the same names, have each lost €75,000 defamation claims against Christian Louboutin and Brown Thomas over alleged remarks by a member of the Louboutin Boutique staff when they tried to change a €675 pair of shoes.
Judge James O’Donohoe, in a reserved judgment, said Sarah Anne McGinley senior, aged 48, of St Theresa’s, Fortunestown, Saggart, Co Dublin, was clearly agitated and the first to have introduced an issue of the shoes possibly being “mock” while shouting in a loud voice.