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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
Countdown's Rachel Riley felt threatened by stalker who accused her of being ‘ringleader of a cult of celebrities'
In another bizarre post, Felicity Lowde accused Rachel of having a 'sexual obsession with toilets' RACHEL'S ORDEAL Countdown's Rachel Riley felt threatened by stalker who accused her of being 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities' COUNTDOWN star Rachel Riley felt threatened by a convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities', a court heard. She was mentioned more than 200 times in 855 blog posts published by Felicity Lowde. Advertisement 2 Rachel Riley's stalker felt threatened by a convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult' Credit: BackGrid 2 Felicity Lowde was banned from contacting Rachel for life Credit: Peter Jordan During the campaign of harassment, Rachel was accused by Lowde, 59, of heading an 'international conspiracy' involving JK Rowling, Stephen Fry and Katie Hopkins. She claimed they communicated via a secret code on social media. In another bizarre post, Lowde accused Rachel of having a 'sexual obsession with toilets'. She also referred to the Israel-Gaza conflict and said 39-year-old Rachel, who is Jewish, was 'complicit in genocide', City of London magistrates heard. Advertisement The comments came to light when Lowde tried to sue Rachel last year. She accused the TV presenter, whom she had never met, of 'trying to defraud her creative work and family history' and trying to 'hijack her identity'. Lowde is said to have lodged at least 64 legal cases in the past year. TV presenter Piers Morgan compared her to Netflix's Baby Reindeer stalker after she made wild claims against him. Rachel reported Lowde, who has four convictions for stalking and harassment, and she was arrested. Advertisement The Met Police applied for a stalking protection order on Rachel's behalf. Magistrates chair Dr Ian Cole told Lowde: 'Ms Riley said she fears for her safety.' Rachel Riley pleads for safe return of one-year-old Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas Lowde, of Chelsea, West London, was banned from contacting Rachel for life and from referring to her on social media. She could go to jail if she breaches the order.
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Countdown's Rachel Riley felt threatened by stalker who accused her of being ‘ringleader of a cult of celebrities'
In another bizarre post, Felicity Lowde accused Rachel of having a 'sexual obsession with toilets' RACHEL'S ORDEAL Countdown's Rachel Riley felt threatened by stalker who accused her of being 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) COUNTDOWN star Rachel Riley felt threatened by a convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities', a court heard. She was mentioned more than 200 times in 855 blog posts published by Felicity Lowde. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 2 Rachel Riley's stalker felt threatened by a convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult' Credit: BackGrid 2 Felicity Lowde was banned from contacting Rachel for life Credit: Peter Jordan During the campaign of harassment, Rachel was accused by Lowde, 59, of heading an 'international conspiracy' involving JK Rowling, Stephen Fry and Katie Hopkins. She claimed they communicated via a secret code on social media. In another bizarre post, Lowde accused Rachel of having a 'sexual obsession with toilets'. She also referred to the Israel-Gaza conflict and said 39-year-old Rachel, who is Jewish, was 'complicit in genocide', City of London magistrates heard. The comments came to light when Lowde tried to sue Rachel last year. She accused the TV presenter, whom she had never met, of 'trying to defraud her creative work and family history' and trying to 'hijack her identity'. Lowde is said to have lodged at least 64 legal cases in the past year. TV presenter Piers Morgan compared her to Netflix's Baby Reindeer stalker after she made wild claims against him. Rachel reported Lowde, who has four convictions for stalking and harassment, and she was arrested. The Met Police applied for a stalking protection order on Rachel's behalf. Magistrates chair Dr Ian Cole told Lowde: 'Ms Riley said she fears for her safety.' Rachel Riley pleads for safe return of one-year-old Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas Lowde, of Chelsea, West London, was banned from contacting Rachel for life and from referring to her on social media. She could go to jail if she breaches the order.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Piers Morgan fights off 'Baby Reindeer-style' stalker's abuse and harassment claims
Piers Morgan has revealed his own experience with a Baby Reindeer-style stalker after a woman attempted to sue him with a series of outlandish harassment claims, which he dismissed as 'absurd, complete fantasy stuff.' Last year, the 59-year-old broadcaster became the target of Felicity Jane Lowde, a woman with a history of pursuing celebrities and who has lodged 64 legal cases in the past year alone. Lowde had previously been jailed for stalking a survivor of the July 2005 London bombings. In an uncanny twist, Lowde's claims against Morgan came shortly after his viral TalkTV interview with Fiona Harvey, the woman believed to be the real-life inspiration behind the fictional stalker in Netflix's hit series Baby Reindeer, The Sun reports. Four months after the May 2024 interview, Lowde—who has never met Morgan in person—filed a claim at Central London County Court, accusing him and his company, Insider Productions Ltd, of 'abuse, harassment, fraud, and dishonesty.' Her bizarre claim was that Morgan worked with "insalubrious associates" to steal her creative work and family history, including impersonating her brother. Lowde added that Morgan was seeking to promote himself as a "lost aristocrat" and that his motive was "to compensate for his humiliation" after his public criticism of Harry and Meghan. Her claim also included a peculiar note that Morgan was sexually obsessed with toilets. Last month, Morgan won his firm's case against Lowde and the one against him personally was thrown out of court after he defended it online. Lowde will now have to pay him £6,000 in damages, but Morgan says he has "no expectation" of seeing the money. He said: 'She is a harasser, a bit like Baby Reindeer's. This could happen to anyone — whether they're in the public eye or not — at a huge personal cost.' In his witness statement, Morgan told the court that a long line of comedians, TV stars and campaigners who have been forced to take legal action to protect themselves from Lowde. She is said to have pursued Harry Potter author JK Rowling in the past, and in 2007, she was jailed for six months for stalking Rachel North - a survivor of the July 2005 London bombings. Morgan told The Sun: 'This is a convicted stalker who harassed a terror-attack survivor. It's hard to think of anything more despicable." He has also called on the courts to impose a halt upon her vexatious claims, which he says are exposing "a weakness in the system". He added: 'The fact she's targeting so many well-known people suggests she probably isn't a threat — she just likes being incredibly annoying. But she's still clearly a disturbed, unhinged human being."
