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Eni Aluko wins Joey Barton libel case over X posts
Joey Barton was ordered to pay £339,000 after a court found his 48 social media posts about Eni Aluko were defamatory and caused her significant distress.
- On Tuesday, the High Court ordered Joey Barton to pay Eni Aluko £339,000 in damages and costs, with £100,000 due by March 24.
- Between January and August 2024, Joey Barton posted 48 messages on X described as a 'deliberately targeted public campaign of vilification', including one superimposing Eni Aluko's face on Rosemary West.
- Barton did not attend the hearing after being arrested on Monday and is in custody, with court papers recording an order barring him from contacting Ms Aluko except via lawyers.
- Eni Aluko was awarded more than £300,000 in damages and legal costs after winning her libel case; the court found Joey Barton's campaign caused Ms Aluko 'enormous distress'.
- Barton was convicted last year of six counts of offensive electronic communications and previously paid libel damages related to Jeremy Vine, after using his platform to criticise women's football.
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