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Laurence Fox to be sued by RuPaul's Drag Race star and charity boss over 'paedophile' comments

Fox has since deleted the tweets, but said he made the comments after being "falsely smeared as a racist" when he criticised Sainsbury's for supporting Black History Month.Drag star Crystal and Simon Blake, the deputy chair of Stonewall and chief executive of Mental Health First Aid England, have both said they are suing Fox.In a statement posted on social media, Crystal said: "I will not stand for racism when I see it, and I will not stand for homophobic defamation when it is directed at me."An accusation of paedophilia is one of the oldest homophobic tropes, and it was very shocking to have that levelled at me, not just by Mr Fox, but also his many followers who believed him."I may have had to endure homophobic bullying as a child, but I
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06.10 / 13:47
Stonewall charity boss plans to sue actor Laurence Fox over 'paedophile' slur
Stonewall has said he is suing Laurence Fox for defamation after the actor labelled him and others "paedophiles".On Sunday, Mr Fox accused Sainsbury's of "promoting racial segregation and discrimination" after the retailer promoted its plan to recognise Black History Month.The actor said creating "safe spaces" for black workers amounted to "segregation".Mr Fox faced a backlash from hundreds of Twitter users, and Stonewall's Simon Blake responded to Mr Fox: "What a mess. What a racist t***."The actor then hit back at a number of people "falsely accusing him of racism" by calling them "paedophiles".
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