Businessman secured judgment running to tens of thousands of euro over money given to the retired athlete that he claimed he needed for cancer treatment abroad
The multimillionaire businessman secured the judgment against the former GAA star, who cannot be named for legal reasons, early last year. It is understood that the businessman was also told by the sports star that he needed money for cancer treatment.The individual made approaches to people involved in the GAA and other sporting circles and through business links and within his local community.
One couple gave the individual €5,000 shortly after the first Covid-19 lockdown was lifted in 2001 after the former player told the husband that he was suffering from multiple myeloma, the same cancer his wife was being treated for, and needed the money for treatment in the US. The couple later learned that the man had approached a number of other people and secured large sums from them. The wife does not believe that the former GAA star was suffering from cancer but used the story as an emotional ruse to extract money from them and others.
Later in 2021, in an attempt to recover the money from the star, the woman threatened to share details of what happened with the media. He later repaid her the €5,000 in cash after she repeatedly sought it.
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