Social media awash with speculation over the identity of the British tycoon who spent £500k to crush bullying claims
A Supreme Court judge admitted that the internet is challenging the use of injunctions as users freely name and shame
SOCIAL media was last night awash with speculation regarding the identity of the tycoon at the centre of the “British #MeToo” scandal.
In 2011, ex-footballer Ryan Giggs, right, was named online despite winning a super- injunction to hush up a fling.
Other bans are still in force despite their subjects being widely known.
In 2011, a married Premier League star won an injunction after saying he feared “cruel chants” if his affair emerged.
In the same year a married top actor won a gagging order after allegedly paying a woman for sex. Both were widely named on social media.
In June, outgoing Supreme Court judge Lord Mance admitted that internet gossip now rendered many injunctions pointless.
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