Overview

• Mrs Justice Steyn ruled the Guardian’s articles and podcast were substantially true and published in the public interest.
• The court found examples of bullying, unwanted sexual contact, sexually inappropriate behavior, and sharing explicit images without consent.
• The judge deemed Clarke an unreliable witness and rejected the alleged unlawful conspiracy as inherently implausible.
• Almost 30 sources underpinned the investigation, with about 18 women giving accounts in court during the March–April trial.
• Clarke, who sought more than £70 million in damages, now faces paying the publisher’s legal costs, with further issues on costs to be addressed at a later hearing.