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Leeds United chairman loses libel case
LEEDS United chairman Ken Bates has been ordered to pay £50,000 damages at the High Court after losing his libel case with Melvyn Levi.
Judge Sir Charles Gray ruled in favour of businessman Melvyn Levi, 65, a former director of the club, who brought the action over comments made about him by Mr Bates.
Mr Levi sued over three articles written by Mr Bates in the Leeds United programme in 2006 and 2007 and a letter written to club members in August, 2007.
His claim was that they contained "grave and offensive" libels which "seriously injured" his reputation.
Mr Bates, 78, denied libel, but the judge ruled that he had failed in his defences of justification and fair comment.
Mr Levi, who lives in Leeds, said he was accused of being a "shyster" who had tried to blackmail the club over money.
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