Laurence Fox has pleaded not guilty to sexual offence charges over an upskirt photo of TV star Narinder Kaur which was posted on social media.
The actor turned activist was charged last month after a Metropolitan Police investigation into his April 2024 post on social media site X.
It is said Fox shared an image of the Good Morning Britain and former GB News broadcaster “in an intimate state”, without her consent, and allegedly “intending to cause alarm, distress, or humiliation”.
At the time of the incident, Ms Kaur, 52, said the image was “unimaginably mortifying”.
Fox, 46, stood in the dock at Westminster magistrates court on Friday afternoon to enter not guilty pleas to two charges.
He is accused of sharing a photograph or film of person in intimate state intending to cause alarm distress or humiliation, and a second charge of sending a photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress or humiliation.
Both charges are dated April 30 last year.
Fox’s fiancé Liz Barker was among those watching court proceedings from the public gallery.
Prosecutor David Burns told the hearing: “This relates to a post on X, posted by Mr Fox on April 30, 2024.
“That post shows a picture of the complainant in an intimate state, showing parts of her genitals.”
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring said he was happy to deal with the case at the magistrates court, but Fox elected a crown court jury trial.
In the immediate aftermath of the social media post, Fox wrote online at length and said he “would like to apologise” to Ms Kaur. He then added “it’s not my fault” that the TV star was pictured in the compromising image more than 15 years ago.
After the criminal charges were announced, he wrote online: “This is yet another deeply concerning example of the two-tier British ‘justice’ system in all its Soviet glory.
“I will deal with this untrue, ridiculous, vexatious and malicious nonsense just like last time they tried it on.
“How much more time, effort and tax payer money are the @metpoliceuk going to spend ignoring actual crimes in their efforts to silence ordinary British people? Fight! Fight! Fight!”
Fox, of Church Road in Peldon, Essex, was fired from GB News in October 2023 after an on-air rant about journalist Ava Evans.
He was formerly a successful actor, appearing most notably in long-running TV series Lewis and award-winning film Gosford Park.
In recent years, he has become an outspoken and controversial activist, a failed London mayoralty candidate, and the leader of the Reclaim political party.
The case was adjourned for a preliminary hearing at Woolwich crown court on May 23. He is on bail with a condition not to contact Ms Kaur.
