Updated: 12 Feb 2021, 11:27
IT was cult viewing for teens and 20-somethings in the ‘90s, featuring a kick-ass woman determined to battle the forces of darkness.
Now though, there are suggestions there was a real life enemy on set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as three cast members accuse the show s writer, Joss Whedon, of inappropriate behaviour - and its leading star distances herself from him.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer original cast members, with Sarah Michelle Gellar centre and Charisma Carpenter far right.Credit: Getty Images - Getty
On Wednesday, Charisma Carpenter - who played Cordelia Chase - posted a lengthy Tweet in which she accused Whedon of “abusing his power” and being “callously cruel.”
The number of paramilitary style attacks in Northern Ireland fell, while bomb attacks increased slightly in a year dominated by the pandemic induced lockdown.
An alleged UDA leader has said threats against politicians “shouldn’t happen” after the First Minister received a warning from loyalists.
Jackie McDonald was speaking after the First Minister Arlene Foster was informed by the PSNI of a threat against her from the breakaway South East Antrim UDA.
She said the threat by loyalist paramilitaries was issued against her because of her support for the family of Glenn Quinn.
The terminally ill 47-year-old was murdered one year ago at his home in Carrickfergus.
Mr McDonald said last night: It s a disgrace when a politician gets threatened. It shouldn t happen. That s all I want to say.
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Then aged in his mid-20s, the convicted drug dealer who was one of his killers would go on to lead a violent UDA unit before his supposed expulsion from the gang last year. He may have been stood down, but he still has the support of the organisation, a loyalist source said. Because he was involved in previous UDA murders, drug dealing and getting guns, he knows too much. Gary Fisher (South East Antrim UDA leader) is paranoid that if he comes down too hard he could make him into another Gary Haggarty.
Haggarty, a former East Antrim UVF brigadier , turned supergrass in 2010 providing police with statements naming dozens of UVF members involved in murders, drug dealing, robberies and extortion.
A journalist working for the Belfast Telegraph has been threatened by a loyalist paramilitary group.
The breakaway South East Antrim UDA is being linked to the latest threat, following a spate of similar incidents earlier this year.
The intimidation has been condemned by the editor-in-chief of the Belfast Telegraph and the Sunday Life, Eoin Brannigan.
He said: “This is the second time this year we’ve had our journalists threatened in this manner.
“It is outrageous that thugs are once again trying to silence a journalist doing their job.
“We are reassured that the PSNI is taking this threat very seriously.”