‘Threesome’ celebrity may be named tomorrow
A CHEATING married celebrity who had sex with a couple could be unmasked tomorrow after a court yesterday threw out a controversial gagging order.
Cheating married celebrity who had sex with married couple could be revealed tomorrow
Three of Britain’s top judges ruled the well-known personality, who has a famous partner, can be named after lifting an injunction.
Last night the couple were facing a legal bill estimated at up to £500,000 after they were ordered to pay costs.
Despite yesterday’s ruling the identity of the showbiz figure can still not be revealed after a fresh appeal was immediately launched.
The Court of Appeal ruled the gagging order must stay in place until 1pm tomorrow – to give the celebrity’s lawyers time to make an application to the Supreme Court.
The famous personality's lawyers have made an application to the Supreme Court
In a victory for free speech, the court ruled it was “inappropriate” to ban people from talking about a matter “which is common knowledge”.
Granting the injunction in January, judges ruled that the privacy of the celebrity and his spouse was more important under human rights law than the public’s right to know.
The couple are facing a legal bill estimated at up to £500,000 after they were ordered to pay costs
The couple's name have circulated online because the legal order only applied in England and Wales
But since then the identities of the couple – who have young children – have been disclosed around the world after an American newspaper reported the full story.
The names have been swirling round the internet and a Scottish newspaper also identified the mystery couple, because the legal order only applied in England and Wales.