Actor Noel Clarke is looking for damages of around $12m (£10m) in his defamation suit against The Guardian newspaper. Clarke has filed the suit in response to eight articles published in The Guardian in which he was accused of various incidents of misconduct by 20 women between 2004 and 2019.
The actor, producer, and director, best known for work such as Kidulthood and its two follow-up movies, has denied all of the allegations and said the articles have had a “catastrophic” effect on his career.
The $12m figure was obtained by the BBC, which said it had seen documents lodged at London’s High Court as part of the defamation claim.
If Clarke wins the case, a judge will decide what damages he is entitled to. Alongside claiming general damages for reputational harm, Clarke is looking for damages that cover specific financial losses.
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