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Haroon Siddique and Caroline Davies

Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

Noel Clarke
Noel Clarke outside the Royal Courts of Justice during the libel hearing in April. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

The Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by Noel Clarke over an investigation in which the actor was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women.

In a landmark high court judgment handed down on Friday, Mrs Justice Steyn rejected Clarke’s claims, and ruled the newspaper had succeeded in both its defences: of truth and public interest.

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