Barton agrees to pay TV presenter Vine £75,000 in defamation case

Joey Barton has apologised to Jeremy Vine and agreed to salary him £75,000 successful damages for making defamatory comments connected societal media.

A High Court judge ruled past month that comments erstwhile footballer Mr Barton made astir Mr Vine connected X were defamatory.

Mr Barton said successful a connection connected Tuesday that he apologised “for nan distress" Mr Vine has suffered.

In nan statement, shared connected X, Mr Barton wrote: “Between 8 and 12 January 2024 I published 11 posts which accused Jeremy Vine of having a intersexual liking successful children, and created a hashtag which made nan aforesaid allegations, which were viewed millions of times.

“I recognise that this is a very superior allegation. It is untrue. I do not judge that Mr Vine has a intersexual liking successful children, and I wish to group nan grounds straight.

“I besides published posts during nan aforesaid play successful which I referred to Mr Vine having advocated forced vaccination during nan Covid 19 pandemic, based upon a video clip of his TV programme.

“I judge that he did not advocator this argumentation and that nan video clip has been edited to springiness a misleading belief of what he was successful truth saying.

“I past taunted and abused Mr Vine for bringing a ineligible title against me. I person agreed not to make nan aforesaid allegations again astir Mr Vine and I apologise to him for nan distress he has suffered.

“To resoluteness his claims against maine successful defamation and harassment, I person agreed to salary Mr Vine £75,000 successful damages and his ineligible costs.”

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The erstwhile Premier League footballer turned head Mr Barton, 41, had called Mr Vine, 59, a "bike nonce" and "pedo defender".

In a High Court ruling past month, Mrs Justice Steyn ruled that 11 posts could defame Mr Vine, who useful for nan BBC.

Mr Vine's barrister, Gervase de Wilde, told nan tribunal earlier this period that nan maltreatment began aft Mr Vine responded to 1 station successful which Mr Barton compared shot pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to serial killers Fred and Rose West.

That prompted nan broadcaster to inquire whether Mr Barton, who was head of Bristol Rovers until October past year, had a encephalon injury.

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