Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis sues Crystal Palace over fan banner

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The Nottingham Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, is suing Crystal Palace for defamation after supporters of the south London club displayed a banner depicting him holding a gun to the head of the England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White. Almost 12 months since the banner appeared midway through the first half of Palace’s 1-1 draw with Forest at Selhurst Park, lawyers for Marinakis lodged the claim for defamation against CPFC Ltd and “persons unknown” at the high court on Monday. The banner showed the Greek shipping magnate pointing the gun at Gibbs-White, who had been set to join Tottenham last summer before Forest pulled out of the deal, and also featured the message:…

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