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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Matthew Weaver

Laurence Fox loses libel battle with Twitter users he called paedophiles

Laurence Fox
Laurence Fox outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

The actor and rightwing activist Laurence Fox has lost a high court libel battle with two men he called paedophiles after they called him a racist. The former actor defamed the men when he used the slur on social media, Mrs Justice Collins Rice has ruled.

The Reclaim party founder was sued by Simon Blake, a former Stonewall trustee, and Crystal, a drag artist, over a dispute on Twitter, now X, in October 2020.

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