A well-known celebrity could be named after losing his legal fight to permanently block the publication of allegations that he used his “power and status” to exploit young women for sex.
The man will remain anonymous under reporting restrictions that remain in place until allegations are published by the Guardian and ITN, the defendants in the case.
The celebrity had until 4.30pm to lodge an appeal. But court staff confirmed today that neither a notice of appeal nor requests for further time had been lodged by lawyers representing the man.
During the High Court case where he sought an injunction, the media organisations had argued that it was in the public interest to publish allegations that the man abused his status to engage, or attempt to engage, in “inappropriate sexual activities” with a large number of girls and women. That includes “potential criminal activity”, court documents show.
The man, who denies the allegations, said any publication would be “highly likely” to lead him to kill himself, and that the court should prevent any publication or broadcast.
Mr Justice Nicklin, the High Court judge, said in his ruling last week that the evidence presented did “not establish that suicide is an inevitable consequence of publication”.
He also said an injunction “would constitute an exceptionally serious interference” with the rights of media companies to publish the “results of their investigations into allegations of serious wrongdoing by a prominent individual”.
It would also “prevent the sources whose accounts form part of those investigations from communicating their experiences to the public.”
The judge dismissed the claims made by the celebrity, but added: “The court did not determine whether the allegations, or any of them, were true, and the dismissal of the claim does not amount to approval of any publication the defendants may decide to make.”
The injunction sought to block the Guardian and ITN from publishing material featuring the allegations, including a documentary and several articles, which journalists started investigative work on in 2022.
During last week’s application for a permanent injunction, Sara Mansoori KC, representing the celebrity, said that her client is “in a highly vulnerable position and “making the allegations public would have a “potentially fatal impact”.
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