A public clash between a well-known comedy writer and a teenage transgender activist has landed in court. Sophia Brooks is an 18-year-old transgender campaigner who became the subject of intense online attention after being named repeatedly in posts by Irish writer Graham Linehan.
At the centre of the case is a claim that Linehan, 57, relentlessly targeted Brooks with online posts and in-person confrontations between 11 and 27 October 2024. Brooks told the court she feared she could be stabbed or beaten after being called a 'domestic terrorist' and a 'deeply disturbed sociopath' by someone with over 500,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter).
