Tattle Life: How a gossip website ended up in court
This episode was originally published in June 2025.
Tattle Life is a gossip site that many will have never heard of until a landmark defamation trial in Belfast in June 2025.
Donna and Neil Sands bought a defamation case against the site – and won. They were each awarded £150,000 (€176,000) in damages, with the court saying their costs should also be covered.
The married couple who live in Northern Ireland said that cruel, untrue and hateful anonymous postings over several years on the site left them fearing for their safety, their businesses and their relationships and impacted on their…
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