Football pundit Eniola Aluko has attended the first hearing in her High Court libel claim against Joey Barton.
The former England women’s player claims that two posts made by Mr Barton in January on the social media site X, formerly Twitter, are defamatory.
Mr Barton denies making defamatory remarks.
Gervase de Wilde, for Ms Aluko, who attended the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, said readers would take the meaning of the posts as that the broadcaster is “laughable and unreasonable”.
The hearing before Mr Justice Lavender concluded on Thursday and a decision in writing will be given at a later date.
