Charlatan quits lawsuit
Following Brian Deer’s network TV documentary of November 2004, reporting facts about, and Wakefield’s campaign against, the MMR vaccine, which a judge described as “of considerable public interest and concern” that “went to the heart” of the British former surgeon’s “honesty and professional integrity”, Wakefield initiated libel proceedings.
Two years later, after the disclosure of a mass of documents, including medical records, he dropped his claim and agreed to pay the defendants’ costs.
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