COUNTDOWN star Rachel Riley says she suffered a stream of online harassment after she was branded a “serial abuser” by a pro-Corbyn political blogger, a High Court libel trial has heard…
She said: "That's when the floodgates opened. I changed my Twitter settings after that week because it was so horrendous.The court heard that Mr Sivier's online article had claimed the TV host, who took over from Countdown legend Carol Vorderman, was to receive extra security in the studio “on grounds that she is receiving abuse” for her views on anti-semitism.
John Stables - for Ms Riley - said the article had a devastating impact on the TV presenter, telling the High Court: “the seriousness of baseless expressions of opinion, formed from the false facts, as to Ms Riley therefore being a hypocrite, of provoking her followers to subject the child to further abuse and harassment, including death threats, and therefore of acting 'obscenely', can hardly be in doubt”.
However, the political blogger is still fighting his case on the grounds that he was reporting on an issue of genuine public interest.
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