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Van Morrison Wins Damages For False Affair Report
Van Morrison has won libel damages because of an Irish newspaper report that alleged he had an affair with singer Linda Gail Lewis. A lawyer for the Sunday Independent apologized for the report to Morrison and his long-term partner Michelle Rocca in Belfast’s High Court Wednesday (November 14). The allegations had been taken from extracts of an interview Lewis did last month on an Irish television talk show. Following Lewis’s appearance on the show, Morrison issued a statement denying her claims that they had a sexual relationship, saying, “These outrageous allegations are a complete and utter fabrication.” The newspaper’s publishers… Read more »
