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Laurence Fox sued by charity boss, actress and Drag Race UK star for defamation over ‘paedophile’ tweets
Drag Race UK star Crystal and charity boss Simon Blake.The actor turned aspiring Mayor of London last year called CEO of Mental Health First Aid England and deputy chair of Stonewell Mr Blake and drag queen Crystal ‘paedophiles’ in now-deleted tweets, in a row over his boycott of Sainsbury’s due to the supermarket’s support of Black History Month. In a separate now-deleted tweet, he also called Ms Thorp a ‘paedophile’.Mr Blake and Crystal last year announced their intention to sue Fox, and their lawsuit for defamation was filed on April 1 in the High Court.Mr Blake, Ms Thorp and Crystal, under their birth name Colin Seymour, are listed as the claimants, represented by Patron Law. In October 2020, Fox hit out at Sainsbury’s for creating a
