Ian Bailey has said articles published by five Irish and British newspaper groups about the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation have made his life a torture and almost impossible.
On the third day of his High Court appeal against his failed libel action, Mr Bailey said at times it has been almost impossible to carry on due to the press coverage, and that survival was a struggle.
He said after his original libel case in the circuit court, a campaign of vigilantism had been unleashed and there were attacks on his property.
Mr Bailey has also been describing how he assaulted his partner, Jules Thomas, on three separate occasions.
During one of the assaults, he said Ms Thomas suffered injuries to her mouth and eye and she sought a protection order against him.
On another occasion he injured her arm and face and was charged with and convicted of assault. The assaults took place in 1993, 1996 and 2001.
Mr Bailey's cross-examination began at midday and he agreed that he had told RTÉ's Pat Kenny in February 1997 that it was reasonable for him to be a suspect in the du Plantier murder investigation.
