Joey Barton has been sentenced to a six-month prison term, suspended for 18 months, for sending ‘grossly offensive’ social media posts. This means that if he commits another offence within 18 months, whether an offensive social media post or otherwise, the former footballer will be jailed for six months. Barton, 43, was found guilty of…
Looks like Jeremy Vine is taking no prisoners when it comes to Joey Barton calling him a ‘bike nonce’ and ‘pedo defender’ on X all those months ago. Having already triumphed against Barton in court and forced him to pay up £75,000 + his legal fees, Jeremy Vine has now put out a statement claiming…
Bad day at the office for Joey Barton – it looks as though Jeremy Vine’s libel and harassment claim against him has been successful, meaning Barton has to now pay him £75,000 in damages + his legal fees, as well as issue a groveling public apology to Vine on Twitter. Vine sued Barton after he…
Joey Barton has lost the ‘bike nonce’ libel showdown with Jeremy Vine after a judge ruled that his social media posts were indeed defamatory. BBC Radio 2 host and notoriously annoying cyclist Jeremy Vine is suing Joey Barton after the ex-footballer called him a “bike nonce” on Twitter. Barton had shared a photo of Vine…
BBC Radio 2 host and notoriously annoying cyclist Jeremy Vine is suing Joey Barton after the ex-footballer called him a “bike nonce” on Twitter. A bike nonce? Was he riding a children’s bike or something? A libel claim has been filed at the High Court, naming Jeremy Vine as the claimant and Joey Barton as the…