The blogger had originally defended the libel claim on the grounds of truth and honest opinion as well as public interest. Mr Sivier defended the claim by arguing he had a “reasonable belief” it was in the public interest to publish the claims in the article. The article discussed tweets posted as part of an online debate on antisemitism in the Labour Party, some of which were exchanged between Ms Riley and a user, who identified herself as a then 16-year-old called Rose, in December 2018 and January 2019.Ī judge previously found that Mr Sivier’s article would be read as claiming Ms Riley “engaged upon, supported and encouraged a campaign of online abuse and harassment of a 16-year-old girl”, allegations denied by Ms Riley.ĭuring the trial at the High Court in London in July, Ms Riley said the amount of abuse she received increased significantly from January 9 2019, describing it as “horrendous”. Ms Riley is suing Michael Sivier, who published an article on his website Vox Political on Januwith the headline “Serial abuser Rachel Riley to receive ‘extra protection’ – on grounds that she is receiving abuse”. Head here to visit our Covid-19 info hub for the latest news and information on the covid-19 pandemic in Ireland.A High Court judge is due to give her ruling after a libel trial between Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley and a political blogger. We hope Rachel is taking this opportunity to grow from this situation and in future will think before she tweets.' They also added "we understand that people sometimes say and do things they may not always mean or do not understand the impact it can have in others. "As anti bullying ambassadors for the Princess Diana Trust we felt obligated to comment on Rachel’s Tweet, in the hope that she would realise that it was hurtful to us" they stated, "We would hope that someone who has taken on a similar anti bullying ambassadorship would have known better than to pass a comment such as this." Speaking about the incident to The Mirror, Jedward explained that they decided to respond to her tweet as they are anti bullying ambassadors and felt they needed to use their voices on the matter. Good meme below though, they’re nice boys and I didn’t think of the cumulative impact of jokes. Rachel confirmed to the boys that she had deleted her original tweet as well as taking to her own page to share an apology to the boys for her tweet that she described as a 'totally flippant joke' and that 'no offence' was intended.Īpologies to totally flippant joke about them not being particularly grime and no offence intended. □ Rachel good luck with the countdown we do love the show /Ek474n35gz- JEDWARD July 25, 2020 ![]() Jedward seemed to have accepted her apology as they responded saying "Rachel good luck with the countdown we do love the show" but they also shared an image of Rachel in front of the Countdown board, with the letters spelling out Whatever. Genuinely didn’t mean any offence to you, was just a joke and you were the least grime people I could think of. The presenter quickly responded to the lads expressing her apologies and explaining that she used their names in her tweet as they were 'the least grime people I could think of" You are a patron for a Center for Countering Digital Hate? And yet here you are spreading Hate!! As anti bullying ambassadors we don’t approve of this! □□- JEDWARD July 25, 2020 Taking to their own social media they wrote "You are a patron for a Centre for Countering Digital Hate?Īnd yet here you are spreading Hate!! As anti bullying ambassadors we don't approve of this!" ![]() However, the Irish twins were not happy to have been brought into the conversation, especially with their name used as a negative connotation in the tweet. ![]() Wiley spent many hours on July 24 ranting about conspiracy theories and hate speech against Jewish people which resulted in him being banned from Twitter and Instagram as well as being dropped by his management.Īlong with many celebrities and public figures, Countdown Rachel Riley took to Twitter to respond to the series of tweets Wiley was posting.Īccording to Digital Spy, in a now deleted tweet, Rachel wrote "He could have just done a duet with Jedward if he was that keen to end his career. An unprompted, still going, public antisemitic breakdown is a bizarre route to go down." ![]() The tweet in question was shared as a response to British grime artist Wiley's anti-Semitic tweets on Friday night.
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