When Dr Adam Smith decided to accuse a doctor turned naturopath of promoting fresh potato and “Pixie Dust” magnesium as cancer treatments, he never imagined he would be slapped with a million-dollar defamation lawsuit.
Melbourne GP Adam Smith is being sued for $1 million by a US-based practitioner.But more than two years after the Melbourne GP uploaded a series of videos on YouTube debunking the online health claims of Farrah Agustin-Bunch, a doctor turned naturopath and social media influencer, Smith is already out of pocket almost $600,000 in legal fees.
Among a suite of allegations submitted to the court by Smith’s Australian commercial law firm, Mills Oakley, are claims Agustin-Bunch prescribed one patient various natural remedies she sells online and a carbohydrate-free diet, and discouraged her from using “modern medicine”. In another document submitted to the court, Smith claims an ovarian cancer patient followed Agustin-Bunch’s medical advice and used her natural remedies, such as vitamin C and cabbage, to treat her pain while refusing chemotherapy.
The lawyer said Smith’s videos created an internet pile-on in which thousands of people uploaded “vile and hateful” comments about Agustin-Bunch on websites, and these included that she is “a murderer, an evil whore, serial killer and a witch”.
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