The Islamophobic media personality Katie Hopkins has been forced to sell her family home after facing financial difficulties after she lost a High Court battle to poverty campaigner and food blogger Jack Monroe.
It all started in May 2015 when Hopkins – who boasts a Twitter following of 850,000 – wrongly implied that Monroe had defaced war statues.
She wrote: “Scrawled on any memorials recently? Vandalised the memory of those who fought for your freedom. Grandma got any more medals?”
Annoyed, Monroe replied: “I have NEVER ‘scrawled on a memorial’. Brother in the RAF. Dad was a Para in the Falklands. You’re a piece of s***.”
Hopkins then claimed it was a case of mistaken identity and that she actually intended the message for someone else.
Monroe then asked Hopkins to apologise, saying: “Dear @KTHopkins, public apology + £5K to migrant rescue and I won’t sue. It’ll be cheaper for you and v satisfying for me.”
Hopkins deleted the tweet, but Monroe decided to sue for libel.
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The court ruled in Monroe’s favour and ordered Hopkins to pay £24,000 in damages to Monroe, plus £107,000 in Monroe’s legal costs.
Hopkins is thought to live in a luxurious 5 bedroom home in Exeter which is worth around £950,000.
