Well-known individual loses high court bid to block publication of sexual allegations
Judge accepts publication would increase risk of suicide but says protecting the claimant is for mental health services; anonymity remains pending appeal
A well-known individual known in court only as PPT has failed in a high court attempt to stop the Guardian and ITN publishing allegations that he engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with young women, which he denies. The judge accepted that publication would materially increase his risk of suicide but ruled that protecting him was the responsibility of the state's mental health services, not the court.