GB News’ Dan Wootton Rips Left-Wing ‘Witch Hunt’ After Met Police Drop Investigation

GB News host Dan Wootton. (Screengrab via GB News/Youtube)

In a statement issued Wednesday GB News host Dan Wootton confirmed that the Metropolitan Police have concluded their investigation into sexual and blackmail allegations made against him, deciding to take no further action.

Political blog Guido Fawkes, breaking the story, said that the decision came after a five-month probe into allegations relating to the obtaining of sexual images by deception and blackmail following investigations by Byline Times last summer. Wootton, who admitted to “errors of judgement” in aspects of his conduct, vehemently denied any criminality.

In the months that followed major publications including the Guardian and Mirror, retracted their stories on the subject, allegedly after receiving legal warnings from Wootton’s lawyer.

In a statement, published on Guido Fawkes, Wootton said:

“I was brought up to trust in the English legal system; to believe in freedom, due process, natural justice and the rule of law – the right of every man or woman to a fair trial, and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.”

“But since July 2023, I was the victim of a politically-motivated witch hunt through the left-wing and social media led by a hard left activist, a convicted phone hacker, a convicted extortionist, and a deranged an abusive ex who had threatened on the record to slit my throat and previously admitted to being a psychopath with dark urges.”

“The accusations made against me were completely spurious – lies designed to destroy my career where complainants were actuated by malice. Well six months on, I have now been completely cleared in two investigations by the Metropolitan and Scottish Police, who have confirmed they will be taking no further action.”

“While I knew this would always be the outcome, the process is now the punishment, with social media acting as the executioner. Margaret Thatcher once said that if you ever get trial by media, or guilt by accusation, that day freedom dies. She was right. It is high time that all of our ancient rights were once again upheld, chief among them the right to be presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. If it falls to me to be the champion of those rights, then so be it. It is a fight I am more than willing to take up, not just for me but for all of us.”