Gillian Taylforth loses libel case against the Sun

Title

Gillian Taylforth loses libel case against the Sun

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:54

Description

Report and interviews on the outcome of the High Court case between actress Gillian Taylforth and The Sun newspaper and police whom she was suing for libel for a story she was having oral sex in a car and found by police. The jury voted in favour of the Sun and Taylforth collapsed on hearing the result. Daniel Taylor, The Sun’s legal advisor on the outcome and the police evidence that won the case; and Taylforth’s solicitor William Garnett on the decision and Taylforth’s condition. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Daniel Taylor; William Garnett

Keywords

Actors; Newspapers; The Sun; Libel; Trials; Verdicts; High courts; Gillian Taylforth

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