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Callum Parke

Joey Barton to pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine legal costs in libel battle

Former footballer Joey Barton will pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine’s legal costs after their High Court libel battle, a court has heard.

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

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