CLICK HERE to read the article. (link broken)TV psychic Sally Morgan sues Daily Mail for defamation
TV psychic Sally Morgan is demanding damages of £150,000 from Associated Newspapers over a Daily Mail story accusing her of scamming a vulnerable audience.
The publisher of the Daily Mail has agreed to pay "substantial" damages to a psychic after an article suggested she had "perpetrated a scam" on a theatre audience, a judge has heard.
Associated Newspapers has apologised to Sally Morgan and also agreed to pay her legal costs, the High Court was told.
Brid Jordan, for Associated Newspapers, told the judge: "The Daily Mail withdraws the suggestion that Mrs Morgan used a secret earpiece at her Dublin show in September 2011 to receive messages from off-stage, thereby cheating her audience, which it accepts is untrue."
CLICK HERE to read the full statement. (link broken)Sally Morgan Wins Her Fight For Justice
Sally Morgan is overjoyed to have won her libel action against the Daily Mail and to have restored her reputation and professional integrity. After an 18 month investigation into the work that Sally does, the newspaper was forced to make a full apology to Sally and pay her £125,000 in damages; one of the most substantial libel payments in recent history. Sally’s legal team, led by Graham Atkins of Atkins Thomson, and David Sherborne of counsel, describe the victory as an extremely significant result.
The case was concluded at a hearing in the High Court in London on June 20 during which the newspaper withdrew its allegation that Sally cheated her audience at a show in September 2011. Representatives for Associated Newspapers Limited admitted the accusation was untrue and apologised unreservedly to Sally for publishing it. The newspaper also agreed to pay Sally’s legal costs.
CLICK HERE to read the full article.Sally Morgan: how could a TV psychic win a libel payout?
You can debate whether psychics really have the powers they claim – but the Daily Mail slipped up by questioning her motives
The irony is that the allegations were based quite literally on hearsay, supposition and gossip, the very things that skeptics are supposed to abhor.The libel settlement won by "Psychic Sally" Morgan on Thursday from the Daily Mail was greeted with incredulity and not a little anger in some quarters.
Richard Dawkins tweeted: "England, libel capital of the world. Psychics – and charlatans of all kinds – rich pickings to be had in the English law courts."
CLICK HERE for the commentary...Martin Robbins, New Statesman wrote:Skeptics shouldn't have lined up with the Mail to call Psychic Sally a fraud
...
In a supreme fit of irony, rationalists accused her of fraud without bothering to collect the evidence they needed to substantiate the claim. She sued, she won, and she deserved to win.
From the Telegraph assistant comment editor. (link broken)Sally Morgan isn't listening to an earpiece. Bravo, Sally. Still telling people you're talking to the dead, though?
Yes, a typical skeptic response, he invokes the names of known skeptics: Richard Wiseman, Derren Brown, Tim Minchin etc.simonwheeler wrote:Here's a reaction, Ian:From the Telegraph assistant comment editor.Sally Morgan isn't listening to an earpiece. Bravo, Sally. Still telling people you're talking to the dead, though?
CLICK HERE for the full article. (link broken)Claims I was fake made me want to kill myself
PSYCHIC Sally Morgan has revealed how she was nearly driven to suicide over claims she is a fake.
In her first interview in nearly two years, the TV medium has opened up about the depression that descended on her after she was branded a cheat and a fraud.
CLICK HERE to read the article.TV psychic Sally Morgan forced to sack husband and son-in-law after they are caught on camera making homophobic and violent threats to a critic
A celebrity psychic has sacked her husband and son-in-law from their roles in her management team after they were filmed threatening and hurling homophobic abuse at a sceptic who was handing out leaflets outside her shows.