Laurence Fox ‘paedophile’ posts would not have been taken seriously, appeal told

Laurence Fox arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where he is challenging two High Court rulings after he was ordered to pay a total of �180,000 in damages to two people he was found to have libelled when he referred to them as paedophiles on social media. Picture date: Monday July 28, 2025. -

Social media posts by Laurence Fox referring to two people as paedophiles likely would not have been taken “seriously” by many people, the Court of Appeal has heard. 

The actor was successfully sued by now-Stonewall CEO Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal over a row on Twitter, now known as X.