FORMER footballer Joey Barton has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 of broadcaster Jeremy Vine’s legal costs after their libel battle.
The BBC Radio 2 presenter, 60, had sued for libel and harassment over posts on X falsely calling him a “big bike nonce” and a “paedo defender”.
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He had to pay broadcaster Jeremy Vine’s legal costs after their libel battlePA
The pair settled last year as Barton, 42, posted two apologies on X and paid £110,000 in damages.
A court hearing in London yesterday heard Barton had agreed to pay £160,000 of Vine’s costs.
But Vine wanted a further £60,000 for costs over negotiating that sum.
Suzanner Holmes, for Barton, said that the request was “excessive”.
She said it should be reduced.
But Vine’s representative Kevin Latham said Barton had “repeatedly failed to engage in proper negotiation”.
The court ruled Barton should pay £43,172.20 to add to the £160,000.
Neither Barton nor Vine attended the hearing in London.
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