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Morrissey is currently leading a defamation against an online troll. Now the musician shares additional details about the case.
On April 4, it has already been reported that he enforced a declaration of cease and desist against an alleged online troll. He reacted to a “decades of defamation campaign”, which was supposedly directed against him.
Alleged false presentation of political opinion
According to “Music Business Worldwide”, the Levy & McRae law firm was commissioned for the lawsuit to determine possible perpetrators: inside in Europe and the United States. According to the lawsuit, the artist’s lawyers accuse him of publishing an enormous amount of material about our clients “and also” leaving written notes in Morissey’s house and/or sent “.
In terms of content, many of the contributions would refer to the political opinion of the British, which was supposedly presented to reality. In a letter to the alleged perpetrators, Morrissey is described as a “pacifist, apolitical” person who “has never joined or chosen a political party”.
“Online campaign of fraud, disinformation and defamation”
A statement has now also been published on the musician’s official website. It is explained that Morrissey was “imitated” in the course of an “online campaign of fraud, disinformation and defamation” on social media. Identity fraud, fake websites and persistent harassment in various social networks are also part of the case. It also says: “Economic online data are wrongly signed with Morrissey’s names to connect the artist to false stories to destroy his career.”
In some cases, the wrong postings should have been several years ago. In addition, the artist had “never had a smartphone” and “had no personal presence in such networks”.
The company “Web Sheriff” pointed out Morrissey to the so -called campaign, which she herself described as “one of the worst and most malignant people the team has ever seen”. The company had already worked for personalities such as Beyoncé, Prince, Bob Dylan, Adele and Radiohead in similar cases. The finds of “Web Sheriff” are said to be forwarded to the British police.
Controversy around Morrissey
In the past, the ex-the-Smith singer repeatedly caused a split in his fan community due to his political statements. He supported the controversial right -wing extremist party for Britain, for example by giving a badge of the party in 2019 on a television appearance. He also described the Chinese people as “subspecies” and Hitler as “left”.
Last year, the 65-year-old also claimed that because of a war against the “freedom of expression” he would be prevented from publishing new music. According to him, one could “no longer speak freely” in England, otherwise you would get “into prison”.