Dan Wootton says he has been the target of a “smear campaign” with the aim of destroying his career as a journalist.
The GB News presenter has been accused of being at the center of a cash-for-sexual images scandal after his former partner made a string of claims about him on social media.
Speaking on Dan Wootton Tonight, the 40-year-old denied the allegations and hit out at the “cesspit” of social media.
He said: “As you probably don’t know, because you’re not insane enough to pay attention to the cesspit of social media, these past few days I have been the target of a smear campaign by nefarious players with an axe to grind.
“Notably, by an ex-partner who I was previously abused by – something I have never spoken about publicly before, by the way, – who has been on a campaign to destroy my life.
“In the past, he has written to me confessing to being a “psychopath” and I saw this first hand when he threatened in writing to “slit my throat” many years after we had broken up. I have been forced to report his behavior and threats to the police. They are now investigating.”
Wootton denied the story put forward by his ex-partner, also hitting out at the Guardian for choosing to publish the allegations.
“He has created an untrue story about me and appears to have been working with an organization who are intent on closing this channel, whose reporters include a convicted phone hacker”, he said.
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