A Cork betting tipster has been told it is a \u201cbad idea\u201d to keep posting about a rival tipster \u2013 who claims to be the \u201cmost-followed racing pundit in the world\u201d \u2013 while subject of a High Court injunction. <\/p>\n
Rob Heneghan, a 27-year-old who runs the gambling tips business Pro Sports Advice Ltd, is suing Cork tipster Gear\u00f3id Norris for defamation.<\/p>\n
The High Court<\/a> granted Heneghan an injunction on March 20th to prevent Norris from repeating claims that Heneghan phoned him and threatened to \u201cput a bullet\u201d in his head after Norris wrote critical posts about him. Heneghan said the allegation was false.<\/p>\n Judge Brian Cregan warned Norris that it could be a \u201cvery serious matter\u201d if he reposted allegations about Heneghan making a death threat online.<\/p>\n The case has sparked huge interest in the online betting world due to Heneghan\u2019s large social media following. The Drogheda-based pundit has more than 500,000 Instagram<\/a> followers. Heneghan regularly posts videos of himself on private jets and helicopters. A video showed him on a yacht in Dubai before travelling to Cheltenham<\/a>.<\/p>\n At Cheltenham he was accompanied by current and former world darts champions Luke Littler<\/a> and Luke Humphries<\/a>, and was videoed placing large wagers with them. <\/p>\n In the High Court on Friday, Tom Murphy, barrister for Heneghan, said that after the court granted the injunction against Norris, the Cork-based tipster wrote to Heneghan\u2019s lawyers to say he had removed the Substack article about the alleged death threat.<\/p>\n Norris said he would take down all other articles referring to Heneghan but days later wrote online that he was republishing his Heneghan articles.<\/p>\n Murphy complained there was \u201ca contradiction\u201d in the way Norris was addressing the case. He did not seem to appreciate he could face committal proceedings if he breached court injunctions. He said Norris had not complied with an order to provide a recording of the alleged death threat.<\/p>\n Murphy said the detriment to his client of the false claim was \u201cmost serious\u201d. He said Norris, who was in court, should realise the risks of his behaviour.<\/p>\n The court has given Heneghan permission to bring to its attention any other articles that are allegedly defamatory and could be subject to a takedown order.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a bad idea if he keeps posting about me,\u201d said Murphy, referring to Heneghan.<\/p>\n The barrister said his client was pursuing the case because \u201cintegrity is very important\u201d to him. <\/p>\n He showed the court an article Norris had republished that contained a picture of Heneghan and criticism of his betting business.<\/p>\n In correspondence opened in court to the judge, Heneghan\u2019s solicitors Kane Tuohy complained to Norris that republishing the article that criticised Heneghan\u2019s business was \u201cin breach\u201d of his previous commitment to remove all articles referencing Heneghan. <\/p>\n Heneghan\u2019s solicitors complained that Norris\u2019s actions meant he could be considered \u201cunreliable\u201d. <\/p>\n In court, solicitor Ivan Williams, who represented Norris, said Norris had not breached any court orders. He said there was no recording of the alleged death threat to hand over. He said Norris had republished articles about Heneghan but not the death threat one.<\/p>\n The last filed accounts for Pro Sports Advice Ltd, where Heneghan has 100 per cent of the shares, shows accumulated profits of \u20ac1.14 million at the end of 2023. <\/p>\n