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28/11/2012
Walsh Agrees Settlement After Being Wrongly Accused Of Sexual Assault
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has agreed a €500,000 out-of-court settlement with the Irish edition of The Sun newspaper, after he was falsely accused on sexually assaulting a man in a Dublin nightclub.
Leonard Watters was sentenced to six months in prison in July for wrongly accusing Mr Walsh of groping him in April 2011.
In a statement, Eoin McCullough, senior counsel for News Group Newspapers, said: "The Sun published an article in its editions of 23 June 2011, in which we reported that Louis Walsh was being investigated in relation to a sexual assault on Leonard Watters.
"In fact it transpired that Leonard Watters had made a false statement to An Garda Síochána, and he has since been convicted in relation to this matter.
"The Sun fully accepts that the alleged assault did not occur in the first place and Louis Walsh is entirely innocent of any such assault.
"The Sun unreservedly apologises to Louis Walsh for any distress caused to him as a result of our article."
(CD/GK)
Leonard Watters was sentenced to six months in prison in July for wrongly accusing Mr Walsh of groping him in April 2011.
In a statement, Eoin McCullough, senior counsel for News Group Newspapers, said: "The Sun published an article in its editions of 23 June 2011, in which we reported that Louis Walsh was being investigated in relation to a sexual assault on Leonard Watters.
"In fact it transpired that Leonard Watters had made a false statement to An Garda Síochána, and he has since been convicted in relation to this matter.
"The Sun fully accepts that the alleged assault did not occur in the first place and Louis Walsh is entirely innocent of any such assault.
"The Sun unreservedly apologises to Louis Walsh for any distress caused to him as a result of our article."
(CD/GK)
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