Charity boss Simon Blake is launching legal proceedings over the Lewis actor who called him a ‘paedophile’ on Twitter as they rowed about Sainsbury’s Black History Month post
Laurence Fox sued by gay rights charity boss over Sainsbury’s racism row (Image)
Fox rowed with multiple users on the site over the weekend after telling his 241,000 Twitter followers that he planned to boycott the supermarket chain over their public support of Black History Month.
The actor shared Sainsbury’s tweet about its support of the observance, saying he would be boycotting the store and refusing to shop there ever again.
Blake, to his 16,000 followers wrote in response to Fox “What a mess. What a racist t***” and others – including Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp, who has 52,000 followers – criticised Fox for his post about Sainsbury’s.
The Lewis actor hit back posting to Blake: “Pretty rich coming from a paedophile.”
Mr Blake then asked Fox to ‘please remove’ the ‘untrue’ comment and when he did not comply, the charity boss said he will be taking legal action.
