12. Case Update: George Gibney Arrested in Florida

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4.7 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In a sensational development, the former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney has been arrested in Florida. Mark brings us the very latest.

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Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan Composer: Michael Fleming Theme tune: Aaron Dessner Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins

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0:00.0	I'm Mariana Spring, the BBC's social media investigations correspondent.
0:06.0	In my podcast, I've been investigating what happened to the daughter of a conspiracy theorist who died having rejected chemotherapy.
0:13.0	It would mean the world to me if I could make it that she wasn't just another in the long line of people that die in this way.
0:19.0	How does this reflect the rise of health conspiracy theories on social media and beyond?
0:24.9	The new series of Mariana in Conspiracy Land.
0:27.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.1	This podcast refers to child sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting.
0:36.6	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. The
0:57.0	The Yeah, there's a theme tune we haven't heard for quite a while.
1:32.1	Welcome back to cover everybody.
1:33.5	It's Mark Horgan here.
1:34.9	And that's the theme, as you know, of our podcast, Where is George Gibney?
1:38.4	And we're back talking about series one to cover right now because we've a significant update in the case to bring you.
1:45.6	Just after 8pm Irish time on Tuesday of last week, I got word that something extraordinary
1:50.5	was happening in Florida.
1:52.5	On the 9 o'clock National Evening News on RTE, just an hour later, it was confirmed.
1:58.4	Former Irish National swimming coach George Gibney arrested in the United States.
2:03.7	He's wanted here to face over 50 historical sexual abuse charges.
2:12.3	George Gibney's arrests was the lead story.
2:15.2	His image dominated the big screen behind the news reader. Over 30 years
2:19.5	after he left Ireland, he was now reportedly in a cell in Florida. And from that point until
2:25.9	today, the news of George Gibney's arrest has been all over the media here in Ireland.
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