Olympics opening ceremony drag queen sues Laurence Fox for 'evil' comments

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Olympics opening ceremony drag queen sues Laurence Fox for 'evil' comments
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Crystal, real name Colin Seymour, speaks exclusively to Metro.co.uk's Entertainment Reporter Kitty Chrisp after winning their libel case against actor Laurence Fox.

Laurence Fox faces more legal action French drag queen Nicky Doll has sued inflammatory British activist Laurence Fox after he targeted drag queens involved in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. A group of drag queens were faced with huge backlash online after appearing for a segment of the ceremony, with figures such as Fox taking to social media to attack the group of performers. The artists said they were depicting a party of Greek gods.

This was after he called them pedophiles online when he was slammed for criticising Sainsbury’s plans for safe space for Black employees. Speaking to Metro.co.uk after the verdict, Crystal said: ‘There’s a lot of nasty pieces of work in the world with right-wing punditry, politics, and Twitter personalities. ‘I hope this is some kind of reminder that defamation laws exist in this country and that there are consequences.

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