{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/699748a74a6b6137bf945a92?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Don’t call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophile’ - top Northern Ireland lawyer part of 2011 effort to defend Epstein’s reputation ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1771522062596-4f1b38e0-eeba-47ba-9e87-c360058e547a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>‘Don’t call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophile’ – that was the demand of a top NI lawyer to a London newspaper&nbsp;in 2011.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Paul Tweed was brought in to try and limit the damage to the sex-offender's reputation after he was released from prison.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;The Belfast solicitor is one of the best-known libel lawyers in the UK and Ireland.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;He has told the Belfast Telegraph that he “categorically rejects the suggestion that he acted in any way inappropriately”,&nbsp;saying he acted within his professional and regulatory obligations.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar in the studio.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}