Joey Barton has agreed a final settlement of £110,000 with Jeremy Vine after the former footballer labelled the broadcaster a ‘bike nonce’.
Vine sued Barton for defamation and harassment over the posts, which were published over the course of four days in January. Barton falsely accused Vine of having a sexual interest in children in the tweets.
Back in June, Barton agreed to pay Vine £75,000 as he settled one part of the case against him. That came after High Court judge Justice Steyn ruled that 11 of the posts Barton made could defame Vine.
Following that settlement, Barton and Vine have come to a fresh agreement over the rest of the broadcaster’s case. Barton confirmed the latest settlement in a post on Twitter, in which he labelled Vine an ‘establishment mouthpiece’.
“That’s the Vine nonsense finally settled now. £110k! His original letter said he wanted £50k to charity. Let’s see how much he donates. I’m also closing the Go Fund Me. Thanks to everyone who donated,” he said.
“I will write a check for Alder Hey tomorrow for £17,476. (At least something good has come out of all this NONSENSE). Lesson Learned: Don’t take on an establishment mouthpiece. The establishment always wins. Anyway, onwards and upwards.”
An hour later, Barton issued a statement outlining the full details of the settlement. As well as the £110,000 payment, Barton has also admitted harassing Vine, admitted his claims were untrue and agreed not to make the same allegations again.
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“I was sued for defamation and harassment by Jeremy Vine over posts published between 8 and 12 January 2024 which falsely accused him of having a sexual interest in children, and which were viewed millions of times,” Barton’s statement read.
“Mr Vine issued proceedings and, after being served with his claim, I published information relating to his home address on my X account, published a crowdfunding appeal which falsely alleged that Mr Vine had published baseless and unwarranted defamatory allegations about me, in an attempt to raise funds from the public.
“And I harassed Mr Vine, including by referring to him being run over on his bicycle. My actions led Mr Vine to bring additional claims against me in defamation, harassment, and misuse of private information.
“I recognise that the allegations I made in the crowdfunding appeal were untrue, and that I infringed Mr Vine’s rights by misusing his private information and harassing him, doing so after he had sought to resolve our dispute through the Court.
“The original proceedings have been compromised on the basis of the payment of damages and costs. To resolve Mr Vine’s additional claims against me in defamation, harassment, and misuse of private information, I have agreed not to make the same allegations or undertake the same conduct again in relation to Mr Vine, and I apologise to him for the distress he has suffered. I have agreed to pay Mr Vine a further £35,000 in damages and his legal costs.”
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