TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen raises less than £10k of £150k legal bill for libeling Arlene Foster

TV presenter set up an online fundraising appeal in the wake of legal judgment

Dr Christian Jessen (left) and Arlene Foster

Eimear McGovern

TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen has raised less than £10,000 after a month of fundraising to pay damages of £125,000 to former First Minister Arlene Foster after he lost a high profile libel case.

The medic, the host of Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies, set up an online fundraising appeal on May 22 to cover the record damages awarded to Mrs Foster after he posted a defamatory tweet making unfounded claims that the former First Minister was having an extramarital affair.