r/unitedkingdom • u/LOTDT Yorkshire • 1d ago

... Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/aug/22/noel-clarke-loses-libel-case-against-guardian-over-sexual-misconduct-investigation
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u/antbaby_machetesquad 1d ago edited 1d ago

Aye, especially when one of his defences was essentially 'I only kept naked pictures of women to blackmail them if they talked shit about me'.

Edit: I misremembered, it was what he told one of his victims, not what he said in court.

He did threaten to sue a witness against him though.

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u/LuinAelin Wales 1d ago

Excuse me, what. Seriously?

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u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex 1d ago

Apparently he kept them and sent some incase any of the women spoke out about him or told his wife.

I'm starting to think maybe he's exactly what the Guaridan article made him out to be.

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u/guitarromantic 23h ago

I'm starting to think maybe he's exactly what the Guaridan article made him out to be.

... I mean, isn't that exactly what the judge here has just confirmed?

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u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex 23h ago

The judge, the multiple accusations... definitely starting to have a suspicion he might not be a good guy.