Director of Public Prosecutions v Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile AKA "Barbie Kardashian"

Male prisoner who claims a female identity accused of threatening violence against female guard and inmate

Oct 25, 2024

Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile, 22, a man who claims a female identity known as “Barbie Kardashian”, is accused of threatening to kill, or cause serious harm to a female prison guard and a female inmate while serving a custodial sentence in the women's prison in Limerick, Ireland.

With 15 previous convictions for violent crimes, Kardashian was finally placed in Limerick’s women’s prison in 2023 after being sentenced to five and half years in prison for threatening to torture, rape and murder his mother.

Three years earlier, Kardashian changed his name by deed poll and obtained a Gender Recognition Certificate with a change from male to female, and which Ireland’s Gender Recognition Act 2015 stipulates changes a person’s sex “for all purposes”.

Kardashian is accused of four counts of making three separate threats to kill or cause serious harm to prison officer, Rosin Linnane, and one count of threatening to kill or seriously harm prisoner, Tegan McGhee.

Kardashian has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to all four charges.

Status

The trial was heard over 5 days at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court beginning Monday 21st October 2024, before a jury of seven women and five men.

UPDATE 25/10/24 - Kardashian found not guilty on all counts of threatening to kill prison officer and fellow inmate. The jury took just 2.5 hours to reach their verdict.

Participants/ Abbreviations

Judge Colin Daly

John O’Sullivan, Prosecution counsel

Padraig Mawe, State Solicitor for Limerick City

Andrew Sexton, counsel for the Defendant, Barbie Kardashian

Julianne Kiely, solicitor for Defence

BK - Barbie Kardashian, Defendant accused of threatening violence against:

TMG - Tegan McGhee, female prisoner at Limerick Prison

RL - Rosin Linnane, guard at Limerick prison

Witnesses

Aiden O’Meara, prison officer at Limerick prison

Fiona O’Connell, prison guard at Limerick prison

Catherine Halley, a supervising prison officer

Court Reports from The Countess IE founder and CEO Laoise de Brun BL

26th October 2024

After the trial, The Countess IE made a statement on X/Twitter

27th October 2024

Laoise De Brún BL, founder and CEO of The Countess IE appeared on Free Speech Nation on GB News

Press coverage

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5th October 2025

Sunday Times - Barbie Kardashian makes a mockery of the Gender Recognition Act

Sunday World - Sex offender Barbie Kardashian vows to ‘track down’ and murder her parents or prison governor

4th October 2025

Gript - Leo Varadkar reacts to Barbie Kardashian’s release

Daily Star - Barbie Kardashian reveals 'violent sexual fantasies' about high profile inmate while inside prison

Nutmeg on Graham Linehan Substack - Nutmeg's week: Barbie Kardashian, Leah Blake, Lucy Powell

2nd October 2025

[VIDEO] Sunday World - Barbie Kardashian poses for bizarre photoshoot as she walks out of Limerick prison

[VIDEO] Paddy O’Gorman on the release of “Barbie Kardashian”

Gript - I met Barbie Kardashian on release from prison

Irish Independent - Gardaí to quiz Barbie Kardashian over claims she made threats against governor of Limerick Prison and another staff member

Irish Mirror - Barbie Kardashian faces arrest as prison Governor and staff member forced to take security measures

Cork Beo - Barbie Kardashian faces arrest as prison Governor and staff member forced to take security measures

1st October 2025

Sunday World - ‘Dangerous’ sex offender Barbie Kardashian is all smiles as she walks free from jail

Breaking News IE - Barbie Kardashian freed from Limerick Prison under strict conditions

Limerick Post - Release of prisoner Kardashian posing ‘significant threat’ to public ‘imminent’

Gript - ‘No regrets’: Alarm as Barbie Kardashian released

Footage from Gript

Mirror - 'Barbie Kardashian' released from prison despite 'grave concerns' and 'threat to public'

Irish Sun - BACK ON STREETS Notorious inmate Barbie Kardashian due for release from Limerick Prison as gardai issue major alert

Roscommon Herald - Barbie Kardashian freed from Limerick Prison under strict conditions

Daily Star - 'Barbie Kardashian' freed from jail despite 'threat to rape and murder own mum'

Irish Independent - Barbie Kardashian released from prison despite ‘grave concerns’ over ‘threat to public’

On 1st October, Gabriel Alejandro Gentile AKA Barbie Kardashian, was released from Limerick Prison. He is subject to a two-year post supervision release order previously imposed at Limerick Circuit Court.