Laurence Fox told to pay £180,000 in libeldamages | BBC News

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Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 indamages each to two people he referred to as "paedophiles".

The actor-turned-politician from the UK lost a HighCourt libel case with Simon Blake, a former trustee for charity Stonewall, and drag artist Crystal.

The remarks on X, formerly Twitter, came in anexchange about a UK supermarket Sainsbury'smarking Black History Month.

Mrs Justice Collins Rice said the comments were"gross, groundless and indefensible".

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