Orwi@programming.dev to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoIn 2014, a massage therapist called Sylvie Berki accused Russell Brand of assaulting her. The High Court issued a secret injunction that silenced her for the rest of her life.taxpolicy.org.ukexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down12
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkIn 2014, a massage therapist called Sylvie Berki accused Russell Brand of assaulting her. The High Court issued a secret injunction that silenced her for the rest of her life.taxpolicy.org.ukOrwi@programming.dev to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square41linkfedilink
minus-squareArwu@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·15 hours agoShe had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police. It looks like the intention was then to bankrupt Ms Berki. The judge had mentioned she had no money, but the order says: You’d expect the judgment would contain the discussion of whether these restrictions were necessary and proportionate (or even lawful). It does not. A lawyer would have raised these points. Ms Berki had no lawyer.
She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police.
It looks like the intention was then to bankrupt Ms Berki.
The judge had mentioned she had no money, but the order says:
You’d expect the judgment would contain the discussion of whether these restrictions were necessary and proportionate (or even lawful).
It does not.
A lawyer would have raised these points. Ms Berki had no lawyer.