BARTON 'NONCE' SLUR LIBEL LOSS
Daily Star|May 25, 2024
First court round in Vine's favour
JERRY LAWTON
BARTON 'NONCE' SLUR LIBEL LOSS

JOEY Barton has lost the first leg of his libel battle with Jeremy Vine after branding the BBC broadcaster a “bike nonce”.

The former footballer’s lawyer had claimed it was an “obvious attempt at humorous abuse”.

But a High Court judge ruled the slur Barton used on X – formerly Twitter – was defamatory.

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