Former GB News presenter Dan Wootton has denied allegations that he catfished another man into sending explicit content.

In April , the High Court heard that in 2009 Wootton allegedly used the name Maria Joseph to pretend to be a woman and shared sexualised messages with a former colleague, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, using email, SMS and Facebook.

The claimant, who claims to have believed he was speaking to a woman and wanted to pursue a sexual relationship with her, says he sent explicit images and a video including footage of him performing a sex act on himself.

The catfishing account is also alleged to have sent the claimant nude videos of a woman, whom he believed to be Maria, engaging in sexual intercourse with another man.

Lawyer Justin Levinson told the court at

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