Joey Barton to pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine legal costs in libel battle

Lawyers for Vine told the UK High Court in May last year that Barton’s posts amounted to a “calculated and sustained attack”.

Joey Barton. File Picture: PA

Former footballer Joey Barton will pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine’s legal costs after their UK High Court libel battle, a court has heard.

Vine sued Barton for libel and harassment over several online posts, including one in which he falsely called the BBC Radio 2 presenter a “big bike nonce” and a “pedo defender” on X, formerly Twitter.