Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying
Summary
Ben Delo, a major donor to Reform UK, loaned £350,000 to Nina Power, a writer involved in a legal case over online bullying and defamation. The case ended with Power declared bankrupt and a judge finding that while some conduct hinted at antisemitism, it was not illegal.Key Facts
- Ben Delo loaned £350,000 to Nina Power to help pay for legal fees before her 2023 defamation and harassment trial.
- Power and Daniel DC Miller sued Luke Turner for defamation but their case failed because Turner’s online reach was not large enough to harm their reputations.
- Turner counter-sued Power and Miller for harassment; the judge ruled their behavior was not unlawful but noted some posts had a “whiff of threat and antisemitism.”
- The judge found no clear antisemitism but recognized problematic social media behavior that was not legally actionable.
- Turner was awarded £1 million in legal costs, about 80% of the total, after the cases failed.
- Power was declared bankrupt during the court process, revealing the loan was secured against her London property and had to be repaid.
- Ben Delo is a billionaire supporter of Reform UK and has also donated £36 million to Nigel Farage’s party and funded anti-woke causes.
- Nina Power is a former left-wing academic who has recently shifted toward conservative ideas and written about masculinity and social issues.
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