Joey Barton to pay Jeremy Vine £75,000 after calling him a ‘bike nonce’

Former footballer also issues public apology to presenter, who sued him over insults a court found to be defamatory

The former footballer and manager Joey Barton has issued a public apology on the social media site X and has agreed to pay 75,000 to Jeremy Vine, after a high court ruling that calling the broadcaster a bike nonce" on social media was defamatory.

The radio and TV presenter sued Barton after the former footballer called him a bike nonce" and a pedo defender" during an online argument on X, formerly known as Twitter, in January and March this year. In May the high court ruled that the social media posts could defame Vine.