Andrew
Wakefield compensates Brian Deer for costs of
abandoned defamation claim
This page is
research from an investigation by Brian Deer for the UK's Channel 4 Television
and The Sunday Times of London into a campaign
linking the MMR children's
vaccine with autism. | Go to part I:
The Lancet scandal | Go to part II:
The Wakefield factor
After threatening
to sue for libel over Deer's revelations, Andrew Wakefield was ordered by the High Court in
London to put up or shut up. When his legal
advisers studied hundreds of vital documents,
including children's medical records, however,
Wakefield took the only reasonable course: and
shut up. In January 2007, he abandoned his
meritless claims against Channel 4, The Sunday Times and this website, and compensated Brian
Deer for his personal costs
As is customary in legal settlements, the
amount paid to Brian Deer as a result of
Andrew Wakefield's capitulation has been
withheld. The money, however, has been
wholly reinvested in this website and the
continuing investigation of the Wakefield
MMR-autism scam
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