Actor Noel Clarke has lost his High Court libel case against the publisher of The Guardian, over a series of news articles which featured claims from a number of women. The first article, published in April 2021, said some 20 women who knew Clarke in a professional capacity had come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.

Noel Clarke lost his libel case against The Guardian on Friday, after a U.K. high court determined the publication's coverage of his sexual misconduct allegations from more than 20 women were both substantially true and in the public interest.

Actor Noel Clarke has lost his libel case against the Guardian newspaper after it printed allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct against him. In 2021, The Guardian published a series of articles about the former Doctor Who star, 49, detailing allegations against him from more than 25 women – allegations that Clarke denied.