Laurence Fox has arrived at court with his wife to challenge a £180,000 High Court ruling after losing a libel battle against two men he branded 'paedophiles' online.
The actor-turned-politician was successfully sued last year by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal over a row on X, formerly Twitter.
Fox, 47, called Mr Blake and the former RuPaul's Drag Race contestant, whose real name is Colin Seymour, 'paedophiles' in an exchange about a decision by Sainsbury's to mark Black History Month in October 2020.
A High Court judge said Fox should pay both men £90,000 each in damages and slammed the Reclaim Party founder for trying to 'attach blame and discredit' the pair during litigation.
Shortly after the verdict was announced in April 2024, Fox called the result 'so surreal it's almost funny' in a bizarre social media post in which he also claimed: 'Lady justice ain't blind. She's got both eyes wide open.'
