Republican Marian Price issues legal proceedings against Disney+ over Say Nothing series
Broadcast last year, the drama depicted Price, as being involved in the murder of Jean McConville – a claim her solicitors previously said was 'not based on a single iota of evidence'.
The widowed mother-of-10 was abducted from her Belfast home, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1972.
Her body was eventually found at Shelling Hill beach in Co Louth in 2003.
Following the airing of Say Nothing, Price was approached for comment by the Sunday Life but refused to answer any questions.
Now solicitors acting on her behalf have said that formal legal proceedings have been issued against Walt Disney and Minim Productions Limited following what they branded 'egregious and defamatory allegations levelled at our client in the 'Say Nothing' series'.
Both entities have failed to take steps to rectify their actions, causing 'continuing and untold damage and harm to our client', a statement from Phoenix Law added.
Solicitor Victoria Haddock said: 'Our client should not be placed in the position of having to take formal legal action to vindicate her reputation.
'Despite multiple opportunities to address the defamatory content of the 'Say Nothing' series, Disney and Minim Productions have failed to take any step to do so.
'There is no justification for making abhorrent accusations under the guise of entertainment and we will be seeking to hold all responsible parties to account.'
Disney+ has been contacted for comment.
Marian Price was convicted along with her sister Dolours Price for their part in the IRA car bomb attack on London's Old Bailey courts in 1973 in which one man died and more than 200 people were injured.
In 2014 Marian Price was given a suspended sentence for aiding dissident republicans.
She admitted providing a mobile phone used to admit responsibility for the Real IRA murders of two soldiers, Sapper Patrick Azimkar (21) and Sapper Mark Quinsey (23).
The charge was connected to the attack on Massereene Army barracks in 2009.
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