An artwork vendor may face jail after she was accused of a marketing campaign of harassment by a high plastic surgeon.
Dr Riccardo Frati is among the UK’s main beauty surgeons, having operated on a bunch of celebrities and fashions.
However Dr Frati – dubbed the ‘boob god’ by followers – claims he has been subjected to a marketing campaign of libel and harassment by disgruntled ex-patient, trendy artwork vendor Karen Bowen-Carter.
The surgeon says Mrs Bowen-Carter intentionally unfold lies on-line, accusing him of ‘fraudulently’ giving celebrities cut-price remedies in trade for optimistic evaluations.
Dr Riccardo Frati is a number one Harley Road surgeon who has operated on celebrities together with Love Island’s Hayley Hughes, who’s pictured with the physician
Dr Frati now claims he has been subjected to a marketing campaign of libel and harassment by disgruntled ex-patient, trendy artwork vendor Karen Bowen-Carter, 54 (pictured exterior the Excessive Court docket)
Final 12 months Mrs Bowen-Carter agreed to not contact him, his workers or sufferers however Dr Frati is now suing the 54-year-old for libel, malicious falsehood and harassment on the Excessive Court docket.
She may now face jail for contempt of court docket after Dr Frati utilized to have her despatched to jail for persevering with to contact sufferers of his, in breach of her promise.
Mrs Bowen-Carter denies being in contempt of court docket and says the authorized guarantees she made may not even be binding as a result of she was struggling with crippling nervousness on the time she signed.
Dr Frati is being represented by barrister David Sherborne, who acted for Johnny Depp in his libel go well with and Coleen Rooney within the so-called ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial.
In 2019 former Huge Brother star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace claimed to have been given the most important implants allowed within the UK by the surgeon.
The next 12 months he featured on Gemma Collins’s actuality present Diva Perpetually and Ever discussing plans for a discount of her two-stone boobs.
In a pre-trial listening to on the Excessive Court docket, Dr Frati’s barrister Mr Sherborne informed Mrs Justice Collins Rice that he vehemently denies any allegations of giving low cost surgical procedure for good evaluations.
Earlier than posting the allegedly libelous overview on Google in Could final 12 months, Mrs Bowen-Carter – whom he operated on in November 2020 – had contacted him demanding a refund and ‘compensation,’ he claimed.
She stated that if she didn’t obtain the funds she can be contacting daytime TV exhibits to ‘expose’ him, continued the barrister.
Quickly afterwards, she wrote feedback on-line which the physician claims can be learn as an allegation that he had ‘fraudulently supplied half-price surgical procedure to celebrities in trade for false social media evaluations.’
‘It’s false that he has supplied any such cut-price providers for celebrities for some form of overview,’ Mr Sherborne stated.
‘The defendant knew full nicely that was unfaithful.’
Her intention in then posting on Google was to ‘trigger as a lot injury as attainable’ to his enterprise and ‘successfully to blackmail him into paying substantial sums of cash,’ he added.
As a part of his case, final 12 months the physician utilized for an injunction in opposition to Mrs Bowen-Carter, which she settled by agreeing authorized ‘undertakings’ to not contact him, his workers or sufferers.
Nonetheless over the following 12 months, she had ‘repeatedly contacted and harassed sufferers of the claimant,’ stated Mr Sherborne.
‘It was hoped this is able to cease however this hasn’t occurred and that has led to the appliance,’ he added.
In 2019 former Huge Brother star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace (pictured left) claimed to have been given the most important implants allowed within the UK by the surgeon, and in 2020 he featured on Gemma Collins’s (pictured proper at Proud Cabaret in London earlier this month) actuality present Diva Perpetually and Ever discussing plans for a discount of her two-stone boobs
Barrister William McBarnet stated Mrs Bowen-Carter can be contesting whether or not she has breached the undertakings in any respect.
And he stated there was a query over whether or not they have been legally binding within the first place, as there may be proof that on the time she agreed to them she was affected by nervousness and different psychological well being points.
The choose gave transient instructions to ensure that the contempt case to proceed within the new 12 months.
If present in contempt, Mrs Bowen-Carter, of West Malling, Kent, may withstand two years’ imprisonment.
A listening to in Dr Frati’s libel declare is due in court docket later this month.