ITV to pay £125,000 over McAlpine gaffe
In a joint statement with Schofield, ITV said it had agreed to settle the peer’s libel claim in relation to the 8 November broadcast.
Controversy was ignited during the weekday show when Schofield brandished a list of names of alleged abusers that he had found on the internet and handed it to Prime Minister David Cameron during a live interview, asking if he would investigate, and inadvertently showing names to viewers. It is not known whether Schofield will pay any of the bill.
The agreement with ITV comes a week after Lord McAlpine, 70, a key figure in Margaret Thatcher’s Tory party, reached a £185,000 settlement with the BBC.