Rachel Riley arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, for a libel case between the television presenter and a former senior aide to ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The 35 year old who appears in the Channel 4 show Countdown, says she was
Television presenter Rachel Riley has lost the latest round of a libel battle with a Powys political blogger and Jeremy Corbyn supporter over an article which alleged that she engaged in a “campaign of online abuse and harassment” against a teenager on Twitter.
Ms Riley, 35, the numbers expert on the Channel 4 show Countdown, sued Mike Sivier after he published an article on his website Vox Political in January 2019 with the headline: “Serial abuser Rachel Riley to receive ‘extra protection’ – on grounds that she is receiving abuse”.