Doctor Chris Jessen

[emmie]

says that he was mentally unwell when he sent that now infamous tweet about Arlene Foster, and has now set up a Go Fund Me Page, to see if can pay for the costs that she has been awarded 125k. Does anyone else find this wrong, why should anyone pay for his mistakes.

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1443462/Embarrassing-Bodies-Christian-Jessen-bankruptcy-Arlene-Foster-libel-tweet-news-latest

[emmie]

he says he is facing bankruptcy, with only around 20k to his name.

[emmie]

he has raised a few thousand so far.

[davebro]

Doctor - £100k pa - meh.

[emmie]

he is a doctor and does tv and radio work, i suspect he's being a bit light with the truth.

[emmie]

there is the legal costs too i guess, that will amount to quite a lot.

[royfromaus]

He's an idiot and so are those donating on his gofundme.

[emmie]

indeed, i think it's reprehensible to expect other people to pick up the tab.

[dave50]

Is there anyone that hasn't got mental health problems these days?

[emmie]

seems not dave...

[emmie]

i do know what its like to have depression, and i take meds for it, which will be life long.

[sunny-dave]

It is acceptable to call someone a bigot (particularly if that person is in the leadership of the DUP) - that's just a harsh (but arguably fair) comment.

It's not acceptable to make incorrect and very damaging personal remarks about a person (even if they are in the DUP).

Jesson was a fool not to retract and apologise when first challenged and even more of a fool to continue to persist in his refusal.

Blaming some vague sort of 'nervous collapse' is the despicable action of an arrogant man who assumed he was bullet-proof because of his public persona and then plays the 'sick note' excuse when all else has failed. It's an insult to actual sufferers of debilitating mental disorders.

It looks like his attempt to get his adoring followers to bail him out has failed - now the courts will go looking for any squirreled assets ...

[margarettom]

[email protected]. Nothing new. There is an old quote on the lines of
“All the world is mad ‘cept me and thee and even there’s a trifle queer.”

[Peter Pedant]

Clerihew time?

that Doctor Jessen
is in a bit of a messen
His tweets have alreadu cost-a
load of mmoolah he owes to Eileen Foster

[barry1010]

No pride, no shame, no sense of responsibility.
There are too many deserving causes truly in need of money.

[emmie]

Barry exactly, if he hadn't pursued it then this wouldn't have come to pass. There are Far more deserving cases, like children with life threatening illnesses to put one's money to.

[Ken4155]

Emmie, Jessen is obviously just chancing his arm with his Go Fund Me plea. If he only gets a few thousand from his adoring (?) fans, then it's a few thousand less out of his pocket. The fact that there are numerous far more worthy causes is irrelevant in this instance.

[emmie]

with legal costs it must be a small fortune - 125k is just the start.

[Peter Pedant]

new reforms for quicker cheaper libel
( times article)
so altho he had costs awarded against him at the highest level
there is an upper bar

( dont know what - kinda lost interest when I read he had not responded to diddly squat for god knows how long so Deserved It All)

[davebro]

His target is £150k so that presumably covers it.

"if Arlene Foster says the claim in the tweet isn’t true, then I’m sorry for causing her any hurt.
But I don’t agree with the judgment."

He obviously believes what he said was true, although an affair with Ms. Foster? I don't think so.

[emmie]

what he did was stupid in the extreme.