It comes after a judge ruled that Barton calling broadcaster Jeremy Vine a “bike nonce” on social media did have a defamatory meaning
Joey Barton has apologised to Jeremy Vine and agreed to pay the broadcaster £75,000 in damages and his legal costs to settle a defamation claim over posts on social media, the former footballer said in a post on X. .
“I also published posts during the same period in which I referred to Mr Vine having advocated forced vaccination during the Covid 19 pandemic, based upon a video clip of his TV programme. “To resolve his claims against me in defamation and harassment, I have agreed to pay Mr Vine £75,000 in damages and his legal costs.”
“While I do not consider that the hypothetical reader, who would read the post quickly and move on, would infer a causative link, ie that the claimant defends paedophiles because he shares the same propensity, the juxtaposition of the words ‘nonce’ and ‘pedo’ is striking and would reinforce the impression that the former was used in the sense of ‘paedophile’.
This led to Mr Barton launching a “calculated and sustained attack on Mr Vine” in early January this year, Mr de Wilde said. Mr Barton published several posts over the following days to his 2.8 million followers and began using “#bikenonce” on X, which led to it trending on the platform, the court was told.
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