Dan Wootton denies catfishing man who claims to be former colleague

Journalist rebuts accusation of obtaining sexual images by deceit in documents submitted to high court

The journalist Dan Wootton has denied he catfished a man who claims to be a former colleague in documents submitted to the high court, it has been reported.

It is alleged that Wootton exchanged sexual messages in 2010 with the claimant - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - while pretending to be Maria Joseph" and encouraging him to send explicit photographs and a video.