Laurence Fox’s social media libel claim goes to retrial after court of appeal ruling

Digital media | The Guardian · Jamie Grierson · last updated October 17, 2025 – 3:56 AM

Judges rule in the former actor’s favour after finding tweets calling him a racist did cause harm to his reputation

Laurence Fox’s libel claim after he was called a racist on social media will face a retrial, the court of appeal has ruled.

The former actor was successfully sued by Simon Blake, who is now the chief executive of Stonewall, and the drag artist Crystal over a row on social media platform X.

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