‘Huge win for me’: GP sued by naturopath buoyed after pre-trial judgement

Many of the allegedly defamatory imputations involved misinterpretations of Dr Adam Smith's videos, a judge concluded.
Dr Adam Smith.

A US-based naturopath’s defamation case against a Melbourne GP has been pared back after a pre-trial hearing concluded many of the allegedly defamatory imputations were the GP’s opinion or based on misinterpretations of his posts on YouTube.

Farrah Augustin-Bunch, who markets self-branded alternative medicine products to around four million followers, had alleged Dr Adam Smith made 96 defamatory imputations about her across 10 social media videos.