Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is confronting a new contempt of court claim following alleged breaches of a High Court order from 2021. The latest application, lodged earlier this month, was served to Robinson via his X account on Wednesday, according to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).
The new claim centers on Robinson’s alleged violations of an injunction that barred him from repeating libellous statements. This order came after Robinson lost a libel case brought by a Syrian refugee. Law officers accuse Robinson of infringing this injunction through multiple actions between June and July of this year.
In addition to the recent contempt application, Robinson previously faced an arrest warrant for failing to attend a court hearing related to another alleged contempt case. He had left the UK for a holiday in Cyprus, leading Mr Justice Johnson to issue the warrant, though it was later deferred to give Robinson a chance to voluntarily attend the next hearing or apply to have the warrant set aside.
The upcoming hearing for both contempt applications is scheduled for 28 October. Robinson was initially served with contempt proceedings in June, with the Solicitor General stating that Robinson had “knowingly” breached the order by publishing, authorizing, or procuring a film in May of the previous year. Further claims suggest Robinson repeated the banned allegations in interviews and during a Trafalgar Square demonstration in July 2023.
Following the demonstration, Robinson was also arrested under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for an incident at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone.