William Hay took legal action against Nina Cresswell after she published material online alleging that he had sexually assaulted her
A tattoo artist has lost a High Court libel fight after suing a woman who accused him of seriously sexually assaulting her.
The judge has outlined detail of her conclusions in a written ruling published online and named Mr Hay and Ms Cresswell. She had considered arguments at a High Court hearing in London in February. She said the "statutory defence of truth" had been "established". Mrs Justice Williams heard that Ms Cresswell had: published a blog; sent a Facebook message, and email, to Mr Hay's girlfriend and business partner; published two Facebook posts; and published a post on Instagram.
Mr Hay denied sexually assaulting Ms Cresswell. Mr Justice Williams said: "The claimant does not admit that the defendant was sexually assaulted on her way home from the nightclub and he maintains that if such an assault occurred, he was not the perpetrator and the defendant's allegation in this regard is a deliberate fabrication on her part."
"She was interviewed whilst she was still affected by alcohol and had not slept. She was not given the chance to check any record that officers had made of what they believed she had said. Top news stories today "She reported the sexual assault to the police shortly after it happened," said Mrs Justice Williams.
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