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'Barton Tweets crossed the line'

Daily Star

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November 04, 2025

FORMER footballer Joey Barton “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” with social media posts about broadcasters, a court heard.

Offensive comments were allegedly made about presenter Jeremy Vine and TV football pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward.

Liverpool Crown Court heard the comments were made in January and March last year on X, formerly Twitter.

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