The former fiance of the late TV star Caroline Flack accused MailOnline columnist and GB News presenter Dan Wootton of being a sex offender and a murderer during a campaign of harassment, a court has heard.
A judge heard how Andrew Brady compared Mr Wootton, who is the former executive editor of The Sun, to convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein during an online campaign lasting more than two months.
He also posted an explicit picture of himself and invited the journalist to engage in sexual activity, the court heard.
On Tuesday, Brady, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of harassment at Sheffield Crown Court and was told he will be sentenced on Friday for the offence, which carries a maximum prison term of six months.
The defendant, who was remanded in custody, was due to go trial last year but the proceedings had to be halted over legal problems.
The court heard on Monday how Brady had agreed to plead guilty to a less serious charge.
Laura Marshall, prosecuting, told the court that Mr Wootton had been consulted about this and she said: “He simply wants the course of conduct to end.”
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC told Brady: “I am pleased that this case has, at last, been resolved. You will be sentenced on Friday.
“As I have made clear already, the desire of everybody in this case, including myself, is for you to stop doing what you did. You must move on with your life, it is to be hoped, to sunnier uplands.”
