Joey Barton payment of £75,000 after labelling Jeremy Vine 'nonce' is 'not final outcome'

Jeremy Vine says Joey Barton agreeing to pay £75,000 in damages and his legal costs after making defamatory comments “is not the final outcome” of the case.

Vine wrote on X that the former footballer ignored a settlement offer after posting five defamatory comments and continued to post more "disgusting" remarks about the broadcaster.

He said: "The news of Joey Barton’s apology and commitment to pay damages and costs is not the final outcome of this case.

"After five defamatory tweets, my lawyer offered Barton a chance to settle: pay £75k, plus my costs, and make an apology. "He ignored that offer and posted more disgusting tweets about me, even publishing my home address to his followers. "When I then took my case to the High Court, a judge ruled that TEN of the tweets I complained of were defamatory.

"Having lost, Barton has returned to the offer we made after tweet 5."

The 59-year-old insisted that Barton would pay further damages for the continued defamatory comments.

"There has therefore been a parallel action on tweets 6-10 and Barton will pay further damages for these," he continued.

"A number of other steps — including statements made in Court by way of apology — are still to be taken, and Barton has agreed to pay my legal costs of all of the claims."

Vine's statement comes after Barton said on Tuesday morning that allegations he made against Mr Vine, including calling him a “bike nonce”, were “untrue”.

Mr Vine had sued Barton for libel and harassment over 14 online posts, including where he called Mr Vine a “big bike nonce” and a “pedo defender” on X.

A High Court judge ruled last month that 11 of the posts could defame Mr Vine.

In a statement released on X, Mr Barton said "I recognise that this is a very serious allegation. It is untrue.

"I do not believe that Mr Vine has a sexual interest in children, and I wish to set the record straight."

The comments came after a social media post where Barton compared female pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to serial killers Fred and Rose West, Mr Vine questioned the remarks and whether Mr Barton had a brain injury, Mr de Wilde said.

This led to Barton launching a “calculated and sustained attack on Mr Vine” on 6 January, including by repeating allegations that Mr Vine supported administering Covid vaccinations by force.

Barton published several posts over the following days to his 2.8 million followers

Barton's full statement read: “Between 8 and 12 January 2024 I published 11 posts which accused Jeremy Vine of having a sexual interest in children, and created a hashtag which made the same allegations, which were viewed millions of times.

“I recognise that this is a very serious allegation. It is untrue. I do not believe that Mr Vine has a sexual interest in children, and I wish to set the record straight.

“I also published posts during the same period in which I referred to Mr Vine having advocated forced vaccination during the Covid 19 pandemic, based upon a video clip of his TV programme.

“I accept that he did not advocate this policy and that the video clip has been edited to give a misleading impression of what he was in fact saying.

“I then taunted and abused Mr Vine for bringing a legal complaint against me. I have agreed not to make the same allegations again about Mr Vine and I apologise to him for the distress he has suffered.

“To resolve his claims against me in defamation and harassment, I have agreed to pay Mr Vine £75,000 in damages and his legal costs.”