Tattle Life creator unmasked as anonymous blogger Sebastian Bond
The man behind an online gossip forum where users tear down both famous and regular people has been unmasked.
'Gossip' website Tattle Life first appeared on the internet in 2018 as a website for people to 'fairly' criticise celebrities.
But seven years and 48,000 threads later, the site has become notorious for people to mock, degrade and dox family members of content creators.
Now the man behind Tattle Life has been exposed as plant-based recipe influencer Sebastian Bond, known as Bastian Durward of Nest & Glow.
Irish couple Neil and Donna Sands discovered Bond's identity after suing the website for hosting defamatory commentary about them.
Donna, who runs the clothing brand Syklie, and tech businessman Neil were awarded £300,000 by the Northern Ireland High Court last week.
With reporting restrictions lifted, Bond has been unmasked as making the site, having gone under the fake name 'Helen McDougal'
On the Nest & Glow website, Bond describes himself as 'a former office worker that quit long days in London to move to the countryside and share natural recipes and lifestyle tips'.
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