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Rachel Riley has scored a major victory in her libel trial after being awarded damages of £50,000.
The Countdown presenter took legal action against political blogger Mike Sivier, who published an article in January 2019 branding her a ‘serial abuser’.
The article, published on Sivier’s website Vox Political, alleged that Riley engaged in a ‘campaign of online abuse and harassment’ against a teenager on Twitter, which the presenter denied.
Sivier’s article discussed a debate about anti-semitism in the Labour Party, including tweets exchanged between Riley and the teen who identified herself as a 16-year-old in December 2018 and January 2019.