Barton to pay £75,000 over tweets that called radio DJ a 'bike nonce'
The Guardian|June 19, 2024
The former footballer and manager Joey Barton has issued a public apology on the social media site X and has agreed to pay £75,000 to Jeremy Vine after a high court ruling that calling the broadcaster a "bike nonce" on social media was defamatory.
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Barton to pay £75,000 over tweets that called radio DJ a 'bike nonce'

The radio and TV presenter sued Barton after he called him a "bike nonce" and a "pedo defender" during an online argument on X in January and March this year. In May the high court ruled that the social media posts could defame Vine.

"The hypothetical reader would not have gained the impression that this was meaningless abuse, in the heat of the moment," Mrs Justice Steyn said, adding: "It was a statement of fact, and it was defamatory at common law."

Yesterday Barton posted the apology using the X account he had previously used to insult the broadcaster. He wrote that he had accused Vine of having a sexual interest in children, and had created a hashtag with the allegations that had been viewed millions of times.

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