Katie Hopkins is being sued for up to £50,000 over a tweet, according to the Press Gazette.
Last May, the MailOnline columnist directed a tweet at Guardian columnist and campaigner Jack Monroe, implying the latter was in favour of war memorial vandalism.
"Scrawled on any memorials lately? Vandalised the memory of those who fought for your freedom? Grandma got any more medals?" Hopkins tweeted at Monroe, who replied: "I have NEVER scrawled on a memorial. Brother in the RAF. Dad was a Para in the Falklands. You're a piece of shit."
Monroe asked Hopkins to delete the tweet, make a public apology and donate £5,000 to "migrant rescue". Hopkins only deleted the tweet, then called Monroe "social anthrax" before sending a public Twitter message saying: "I was confused about identity. I got it wrong."
She claimed to have got Monroe mixed up with another Guardian columnist, Laurie Penny, who had responded to "f**k Tory scum" being sprayed on a war memorial by tweeting: "I don't have a problem with this. The bravery of past generations does not oblige us to be cowed today."
Monroe seemingly didn't accept this explanation, saying: "She deadnamed me at the Ch5 Benefits debate - she did a LOT of digging. Hard to be confused about something you've researched that hard."
Hopkins has reportedly not yet filed a defence, but the deadline for doing so has not yet passed.
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