Talk:Brendan Comiskey

Rape threat allegation
Previously the article contained the following:
 * Irish journalist Justine McCarthy interviewed Comiskey in his house in 1994. In the course of their conversation, he mentioned what he would do if she were disparaging of him in her article: I will come up to Dublin and I will rape you. McCarthy maintains that he was extremely drunk at the time.

It was then removed from the article by 24.148.5.95:, who mentioned:
 *  Defamation of character. Claim based on hearsay allegation of questionable Irish journalist.

Defamation is the utterance of a false statement that harms the reputation of another. Is there any evidence that the claim was false? For example if Comiskey sued McCarthy, that would provide some evidence that he thought the claim was invented. I have yet to hear any evidence that the claim is false. Nor have I heard any statement from Comiskey denying it. Hearsay is unverified information heard or received from another or rumor. Again this is not what we are dealing with here. If I said that I heard someone say that they have an unnamed friend who was threatened with rape by Comiskey, that would be hearsay. On the other hand, if McCarthy states that she was threatened with rape, then we have a direct allegation. In what way is McCarthy questionable? Apart from this particular claim she made, has any of her other work been deemed to be questionable? Do you have any citations? As it stands now, McCarthy has claimed that Comiskey threatened to rape her. She has made the claim in public. Comiskey has not denied it. The allegation should go back into the article. Pma jones (talk) 04:36, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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