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.
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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 scandal
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