Brexit backer Banks loses libel case against journalist

FILE PHOTO: British businessman and co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign Arron Banks walks past anti-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Brexit campaigner Arron Banks, who bankrolled the Leave.EU campaign in Britain’s 2016 EU referendum campaign, lost a libel case brought against a journalist over allegations about his ties to Russian money.

Banks, who provided millions to the Brexit campaign, had sued Carole Cadwalladr over tweets and a broadcast talk made in 2019, saying they had caused serious harm to his reputation.