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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Callum Parke

Joey Barton ordered to pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine’s legal costs after libel battle

Joey Barton has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine’s legal costs after their High Court libel battle.

Vine sued Barton for libel and harassment over several posts on X, formerly Twitter, including one in which he falsely called the BBC Radio 2 presenter a “big bike nonce” and a “pedo defender”.

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