Joey Barton arriving at Liverpool Crown Court on Nov. 5, 2025. Mr Barton has been convicted of sending grossly offensive social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and TV football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko. Issue date: Friday November 7, 2025.12/8/2025|Updated: 12/8/2025Ex-footballer Joey Barton has been spared jail after sending grossly offensive social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and TV football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.Last month a jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Barton, 43, had “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” with six posts on X, formerly Twitter.Author’s Selected Articles
Joey Barton Spared Jail Over Grossly Offensive Social Media Posts
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