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March 31, 2022

Libel | Andrew Neil vs Jennifer Arcuri

A High Court judge has granted Andrew Neil permission to serve a libel claim on Jennifer Arcuri over tweets he claims contained allegations he is a “paedophile”.

31/3/22: A High Court judge has granted Andrew Neil permission to serve a libel claim on US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri over tweets he claims contained allegations he is a “paedophile” and was “complicit in the abuse of children” with Jeffrey Epstein.

Neil believes the alleged meanings of the two tweets made by Arcuri in December are “gravely defamatory and wholly false” and he denies ever meeting the deceased billionaire, PA reported the court was told.

Neil is is seeking damages and a court injunction preventing Arcuri from repeating the allegations he claims she made, according to PA.

Master John Dagnall said Neil had a “good arguable case” and that the alleged meaning of the tweets is “potentially an extremely serious one”. The judge permitted Neil to bring the claim against Arcuri, who lives outside the jurisdiction in Florida, but stressed he had not decided “at all” any “underlying matter of fact” in the case, which is still at “an extremely early stage”.

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