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Morrissey Takes Legal Action Against Online Defamation Trolls

4/4/2025

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Morrissey is taking a stand against an alleged online troll, initiating legal action over a “decades-long” defamation campaign. With the help of UK law firm Levy & McRae, he aims to combat harmful threats targeting him and his family. This follows a Web Sheriff investigation uncovering a “sophisticated” scheme to wrongly link him to far-right ideologies.

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Morrissey is taking a stand against an alleged online troll, initiating legal action over a “decades-long” defamation campaign. With the help of UK law firm Levy & McRae, he aims to combat harmful threats targeting him and his family. This follows a Web Sheriff investigation uncovering a “sophisticated” scheme to wrongly link him to far-right ideologies.