Which Newspaper Will Buy Robert Murat’s Story?
MADELEINE McCann aguido Robert Murat has accepted £600,000 in libel damages over claims that he was involved in her abduction.
Outside court Mr Murat says: “The newspapers in this case brought about the total and utter destruction of mine and my family’s life and caused immense distress.”
Round up here.
Mr Murat, his friend Michaela Walczuch and IT consultant Sergey Malinka had all brought proceedings against Associated Newspapers, Express Newspapers, MGN Limited and News Group Newspapers over nearly 100 “seriously defamatory” articles.
Murat’s solicitor, Louis Charalambous, says:
“In particular, the defendants accept that none of the claimants had any involvement whatever in the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
“They accept that none of the claimants has any paedophile tendencies or connection with paedophiles or paedophile websites and that none of them lied to the police or obstructed the investigations.
“They accept that Mr Murat’s actions after the abduction were entirely proper and were motivated by a desire to help find Madeleine McCann. He became a volunteer translator for the Portuguese police and did everything he could to assist the investigation.
“Ms Walczuch was never suspected or accused of any involvement in the abduction of Madeleine McCann. Mr Malinka was not guilty of any sexual misconduct and has no criminal convictions.”
Now which paper will buy the rights to his story and try to earn back some of their losses?
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July 17th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
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Julie Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
35
SteveT Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Has Clarrie complained that the payout was 50K more than the McCanns got?
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Methinks there are little rumblings inside the manor at about precisely this time …
rumblings? More like greek plate smashing party
July 17th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
43 - famous last words…
July 17th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
lone
where were you? the breadbin?
July 17th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
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wtf Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
lone
I give up…… you can come out now
ahhhhhhh…. that was lovely
July 17th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
50,000 less but 550,00 more than was deserved?
July 17th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
lone
I give up…… you can come out now
July 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
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SteveT Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Has Clarrie complained that the payout was 50K more than the McCanns got?
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Methinks there are little rumblings inside the manor at about precisely this time …
July 17th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
julie
July 17th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
39 -
:lol: 
July 17th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
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wtf Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
lone
Coming, Ready or not!
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…… SELFISH !!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
We’re going to have to start getting our own little fund together :
“Chenier’s Court Fund”
- We shall carry on turning over those stones, until the truth is out
July 17th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
SteveT
Not publicly.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
lone
Coming, Ready or not!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Has Clarrie complained that the payout was 50K more than the McCanns got?
July 17th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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Châtelaine Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Congrats Chenier
I’m not a paranoid person, but I tend to be suspicious, especially when big things are at stake…
So I do wonder, why and how a newspaper can state that a person is not involved in something?
I would have expected that they would admit to libel as they have been writing nasty things, which could not be backed-up by any evidence or proper source.
In view of a case, cited here sometime before, in which libel money had to paid back, when the claimant proved to have been guilty after all , I get suspicious about a too generous text, if you see what I mean …
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That’s 10 newspapers, from 4 different newspaper groups, with a circulation of over 15,000,000 within the jurisdiction, plus online.
You can’t settle a libel case like this by making a partial apology and a partial retraction. They would have had to fight, and they didn’t have a snowball in hell’s chance of winning.
There was no generosity involved, suspicious or otherwise.
They made claims of fact.
They had to withdraw those claims of fact.
They did…
July 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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Melanie Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
wtf, it will be finished before you get to 25
Oh no it won’t
I’ve been practicing
July 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Sorry lone I meant to say 525
July 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
melanie
Sounds familiar
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
wtf, it will be finished before you get to 25
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
lone
Oh, you are a naughty bird
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
June
I’m not giving the brush back until I have satisfied myself with it
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
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wtf Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
lone
It wont hurt will it
Only if you want it to hahahahah
July 17th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I dunno. Over in Portugal they are tying up threads and over here we keep creating more…
July 17th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Chatelaine
Perhaps Monday is Murat’s day when he could be cleared of arguidoship.
Because others in unconnected cases have had to refund damages, it does not mean that is the rule of thumb for every libel case
July 17th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
bye chatelaine
July 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Late for preparing lunch. BBL
July 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
lone
It wont hurt will it
July 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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wtf Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
lone
Hi lone, i think your it, your turn to hide
ok - turn round and count to 100
July 17th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
15 Chenier
“If you cannot prove them then you are required to withdraw the allegations, and accept that there is no basis for what you have claimed.”
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Withdrawing allegations is in my vocabulary different from stating someone’s innocence…
July 17th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
So if it wasn’t Murat who was it?