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News - 4 September 2025

Graham Linehan in court over ‘harassing transgender woman’


The 57-year-old comedy writer has denied harassing Sophia Brooks on social media and a further charge of damaging her mobile phone in October.

He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for the start of his trial.

Graham LinehanGraham Linehan (Image: Graham Linehan) Linehan, who has become a vocal critic of the trans rights movement in recent years, said in a post on Twitter/X in April that the allegations were related to an incident at the Battle of Ideas conference in London on October 19.

According to court documents, he is charged with harassing the alleged victim by posting abusive comments about her on social media between October 11 and October 27, and damaging her phone to the value of ÂŁ369 on the day of the conference.

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In May, following a hearing in the case, Linehan said he has “lost a great deal” but “will not waver in my resolve”.

The trial comes days after Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence in three gender-critical posts he had made on Twitter/X.

In a post on his Substack blog on Monday, Linehan claimed he had been treated “like a terrorist”, as he shared the three tweets he claimed he was questioned over.

One of the tweets read: “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”

Another was a picture of a pro-trans rally with the caption: “A photo you can smell.”

The third was a follow up to this tweet which said: “I hate them. Misogynists and homophobes. F*** em.”

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The Metropolitan Police confirmed he was bailed pending further investigation.

On Wednesday, the gender-critical campaigner released an audio recording of his arrest.

He can be heard telling one officer: “I’m a f***ing comedy writer, I wrote Father Ted. Are you a f***ing idiot?… It’s just disgraceful.”

When told he is under arrest, he shouts: “Holy shit, I don’t f***ing believe it, do you know what this country looks like to America?,” before repeating “I’m going to sue you into the ground” several times.

He calls the officers “f***ing bastards” and shouts “how dare you” before they urge him to calm down.

Shortly afterwards, Linehan can be heard saying: “I’m f***ing infuriated. You scumbags are working for f***ing arseholes who go into women’s toilets.”





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