Daily Mail to pay £125,000 libel damages over TV psychic 'scam' claim

[ariadneoliver]

www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jun/20/daily-mail-libel-damages-tv-psychic

Paper apologises over article making untrue allegation that Sally Morgan used hidden earpiece to scam theatre audience

Ive seen her live. Id be very surprised to hear she hadbany help she was crap.

had had any help.

I must confess this decision made me smirk.

I can imagine that there are some people very conflicted about this outcome.

She had the Mail bang to rights - the allegation that she was deliberately conning the audience by using hidden equipment was clearly actionable. You would need hard proof to defend that one.