The historic drama collection Say Nothing depicts Irish republican veteran Marian Price killing Jean McConville in 1972 throughout The Troubles.
Veteran Irish republican and convicted bomber Marian Price is suing Disney+ for defamation after her hit TV present Say Nothing depicted her killing Jean McConville, probably the most controversial murders of The Troubles.
The historic drama collection, primarily based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s ebook of the identical title, chronicles the kidnapping, homicide and secret burial of McConville, a widowed mom of 10, by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1972.
Price, 70, additionally recognized by her married title Marian McGlinchey, denied any involvement within the homicide. McConville’s stays had been discovered buried on a seashore in 2003 in County Louth, Republic of Ireland. No one has been charged in his loss of life.
Price’s resolution to take authorized motion in opposition to Disney+ was first reported by The Irish News.
His lawyer Peter Corrigan mentioned: “Our shopper has been publicly linked to the homicide of harmless mom Jean McConville. This accusation is unfounded in each respect.”
“Indeed, it’s tough to think about a extra damaging accusation to be made in opposition to our shopper with none evidentiary foundation,” Corrigan, an legal professional with Phoenix Law, mentioned in an announcement. “Our shopper has now been pressured to provoke authorized proceedings to carry Disney accountable for its actions.”
Disney+ has not publicly commented on the information.
Price gained prominence alongside his sister Dolores once they had been convicted of the IRA automobile bomb assault within the Old Bailey courts in London in 1973.
Around 3,600 individuals died in three a long time of battle, often called The Troubles, between the IRA, pro-British paramilitaries and the British military earlier than the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ended the violence.
McConville is named one of many Missing, a gaggle of 17 individuals who had been secretly killed and buried by the IRA in the course of the Troubles. One of her kids has mentioned the depiction of her homicide within the Disney+ TV collection is “horrific” and “merciless.”
