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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sam Hall

Reginald D Hunter court summons quashed after attempt to get comedian ‘cancelled’

Comedian Reginald D Hunter at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in July (Lucy North/PA) -

A summons against Reginald D Hunter by the Campaign Against Antisemitism has been quashed after a judge ruled the “abusive” private prosecution was intended to get the comedian “cancelled”.

The 56-year-old US stand-up comedian had been accused of three counts of sending an offensive communication on three different occasions – on August 24, September 10 and September 11 last year – to Heidi Bachram on X, formerly Twitter.

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