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Noel Clarke ordered to pay at least £3m of Guardian publisher's legal fees
- A High Court judge ordered actor Noel Clarke to pay £3 million towards Guardian News and Media's legal costs after losing his libel case in 2025.
- The case arose from seven articles and a podcast published in April 2021, alleging misconduct by 20 women, which Clarke denied and challenged as false.
- Mrs Justice Steyn found the newspaper's reporting substantially true and Clarke not credible, ruling the £3 million payment appropriate pending a full cost assessment expected to exceed £6 million.
- Clarke criticized the costs order as disproportionate, explaining that he has been deprived of his employment, financial resources, legal representation, capacity to provide for his family, and a significant portion of his health, and called for charges to be scaled according to his financial situation.
- The ruling signifies substantial financial consequences for Clarke and underscores the court's support for the publisher's defense of public interest reporting.
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