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He was named and shamed by Revenue for tax defaulting. The kind of story that is public interest, open-and-shut.
But the disgraced landlord thought differently.
Outed for failing to pay taxes, Christian Carter didn’t issue a public apology. He didn’t offer an explanation. Instead, he turned his sights on the journalist who reported the truth.
The former landlord decided to use the courts not to correct a falsehood, but to recast himself as the victim.
He told the judge that Irish Independent journalist Amy Molloy had “deeply distressed” him by her reporting on his tax defaults and questionable landlord operations. But behind the courtroom allegations there was something else – WhatsApp messages, emails and flat out lies that told a very different story.
Today we bring you Behind Closed Doors, the first of a two-part special from The Indo Daily. Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Amy Molloy, social affairs correspondent with the Irish Independent and by Kevin Doyle, group head of news at Mediahuis Ireland, to delve inside the contradictions, the courtroom and the communications that exposed the truth in Christian Carter’s case against the journalist reporting on his tax defaults – and to ask, what does it mean for press freedom in Ireland?
The Indo Daily: Behind Closed Doors | Ep 1- The disgraced landlord Christian Carter and the newspaper gagging order
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