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Co-creator of British sitcom “Father Ted” arrested in London Heathrow Airport Allegedly criticized trans activists on several social media posts on Monday.
Graham Linehan narrates the ordeal On his substitutionsaid that before he landed in London, there was something strange.
According to the former comedian, a gate agent in the United States said he had no seat to go home and needed a new ticket, which was something he didn’t have much thought about at the time. But since his arrest, Linehan wrote on the bench that he thought he was tagged because “somewhere, maybe wearing convincing makeup” and called.
“Father Ted” co-creator Graham Linehan spoke to London media outside Westminster District Court, where he pleaded not guilty about harassing a transgender woman and damaging a phone call on May 12, 2025. (Luxi North/PA image via Getty image)
When he got off the plane At Heathrow Airport, Linehan has five armed men met and they told him he was arrested in three positions on X.
Linehan wrote: “In a country where pedophiles escape sentencing, knives crimes are out of control, and women are beaten and harassed every time they gather together to speak, and the state mobilized five armed personnel to arrest the comedy writer for the tweet (no, I promise you, I won’t, I won’t do that).
Linehan wrote in one of the articles: “If a trans male is in a female space, he will commit violent, abuse.” Then, he said those who encounter this situation should take the scene, call the police, or even “beat” the criminal.
He said the officer asked him questions about the position, explaining that it was a serious point of humorous expression.
Protesters hold trans Pride flags during a demonstration at Piccadilly Circus. In 2023, thousands of people travel through central London. (Vuk Valcic/sopa image/lightrocket via Getty image)
Metropolitan police in London The identity of the suspect involved in the incident cannot be confirmed. But in response to a digital inquiry about Fox News digital inquiry about the Linehan, a police spokesman said a man in the 1950s was arrested for allegedly inciting violence “related to the position on X.” Other reports on the arrests have linked the statement to the incident involving Linehan.
Linehan said the only limit on his bail was that he was banned from using X.
“I looked at the single bail condition: I don’t go to Twitter. That’s it. There is no threat, no speech about the seriousness of my crime – just a legal gag order designed to shut me up U.K.and I faced further interviews in October. ” he wrote.
The former comedian added that the suffering confirmed to him that “Britain has become a country with freedom of speech, hostility to women, demands of violence, qualifying, abuse of men, who have turned police into their personal stupid squad.”
The creator of “Harry Potter” JK Rowlingwho has always been a transactivist outspoken person, lashed out at the arrest, writing: “What has Britain become? It’s totalitarian. It’s totally sad.”
Reform British MPs Rupert Lowe Say, “Today, you tomorrow.
“Britain is a joke now – we arrested the author of the light comedy and interrogated their country about their tweets. It would be ridiculous if it wasn’t that serious,” Conservative MP said. Neil O’Brien Write on X after being arrested.
Also, conservative activists Robbie Starbucks Britain lashes at the country, saying there is no freedom of speech, “the feeling of trans people [and] Immigration is before everyone else’s rights. ”
JK Rowling talks about transgender people who invade women’s spaces. (Getty Image)
Free Speech Alliancean organization dedicated to defending freedom of speech, also condemned the arrest and vowed to support Linehan.
“We do not consider Graham’s arrest or the bail conditions imposed are legal. We will always support his fight against these ridiculous allegations and the disproportionate response of the police,” the group wrote on X.
Acton’s Lord Toby Young confirmed to Fox News Digital that the Free Speech Alliance will pay for Linehan’s legal team.
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“The excessive security of social media posts by British police is turning the country into international laughter,” Young told Fox News digital numbers. “This is especially shocking as police responded to only one in five shoplifting crimes, with 75% of thefts unresolved last year. They are taking the example of maintaining our tweets to maintain our streets.”
