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Laurence Fox tried to ‘whip up mob of bigots’, Drag Race star tells High Court

Source: PA Wire

Laurence Fox tried to “whip up a mob of bigots” with tweets calling two gay men “paedophiles”, a Drag Race UK star has told the High Court.

The actor and politician is being sued by drag artist Crystal and former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake for libel over a row on Twitter, now known as X, in October 2020.

Mr used the term against Mr Blake and the former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestant, whose real name is Colin Seymour, in an exchange about a decision by Sainsbury’s

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