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Joey Barton sentenced for posting grossly offensive social media messages

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Joey Barton gets suspended sentence over X posts

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Joey Barton comments made me feel physically unsafe', Jeremy Vine tells court

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Joey Barton sentenced for posting grossly offensive social media messages

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Joey Barton gets suspended sentence over X posts

UK news

Joey Barton comments made me feel physically unsafe', Jeremy Vine tells court

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fromwww.theguardian.com

Joey Barton faces new court case in 2026 for defamation allegations

Joey Barton faces a high‑court defamation and harassment trial after criminal convictions for offensive social media messages, risking substantial damages and career harm to targets.

Aluko says 'justice served' after Barton convicted

Joey Barton was convicted of sending grossly offensive social media posts targeting broadcasters, causing distress and facing sentencing on 8 December.

Joey Barton guilty of sending grossly offensive' social media posts

Joey Barton convicted of six counts of sending grossly offensive electronic communications intended to cause distress through social media posts about pundits and a broadcaster.

fromESPN.com

Barton convicted for grossly offensive X posts

Joey Barton was convicted for sending grossly offensive social media posts targeting broadcaster Jeremy Vine and pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.

Joey Barton guilty over 'grossly offensive' X posts

Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of six counts of sending "grossly offensive" social media posts directed at broadcaster Jeremy Vine and television pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko. Barton, 43, compared Aluko and Ward to the serial killer couple Fred and Rose West, and called Vine a "bike nonce" in posts sent between January and March 2024.

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Barton says he is victim of 'political prosecution'

"It was not meant to call him a paedophile. It was a bad, dark, juvenile joke," he said. "I have not at any point tried to cause distress or anxiety or risk his life or his daughters' lives. "I don't want people to fear for their lives, I'm a dad. "I cannot believe I'm on trial for this. Words on a social media site."

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Joey Barton crossed line between free speech and crime' with social media posts

Joey Barton is accused of 12 counts of sending grossly offensive social-media communications targeting Jeremy Vine, Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to cause distress.

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