Sir Cliff Richard spent over £70,000 dealing with online trolls after the BBC revealed he was a child abuse suspect.
Sir Cliff’s lawyers said the station’s coverage of a police raid on his home made people think it was “open season” on the star.
The singer, 76, is suing the BBC for money spent on hiring solicitors and PR agents to deal with defamatory posts, including those on the Christians Against Cliff Facebook page.
It is part of total costs of £279,261 he is demanding.Sir Cliff also spent £15,000 on legal fees over a suspected blackmail plot after a man demanded money in return for not spreading false sex claims about him.
He is also claiming costs for £105,000 spent on media inquiries and £37,000 on media interviews.
The court papers also show that the BBC’s source for the story was not part of Operation Yewtree, but the tipster did get the details from the Met sex abuse inquiry.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said that a new inquiry is under way, and number of people outside of the Met knew Sir Cliff was being investigated.
South Yorkshire Police paid Sir Cliff £1million in damages in May
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