‘We are vindicated’: Deep-sleep GP wins apology after six-year defamation battle

In an apology, publisher HarperCollins admitted that Dr John Gill was defamed in journalist Steve Cannane's book about Scientology.
Dr John Gill. Photo: Newspix.

“This chapter in medical history is now closed. [John] Herron and I have always denied wrongdoing and were unfairly maligned for many decades. We are now vindicated.”

Dr John Gill, a GP involved in the controversial Chelmsford deep-sleep therapy program more than 40 years ago, was speaking on Monday about the end of his six-year multimillion dollar defamation battle with an ABC journalist.