British conspiracy theorist David Icke testifies at conservative website defamation trial

Former soccer player and BBC presenter David Icke testified in Ottawa court Monday as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by lawyer Richard Warman against the former owners of the website freedominion.ca Credit: Stef/Wikipedia

Icke testified Warman’s efforts led to the cancellation of speaking events on the 2000 tour and hassles at the hands of Canada immigration officials, including when he arrived in Ottawa on Saturday.

“I started to realize there was a campaign to stop me and I was being painted as some kind of racist who was going to be engaged in hate speech, when I talk in my books about the need to love each other,” he told the court.