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Coote denied any wrongdoing and said the allegation was "false and defamatory".

Coote, 42, says he denies the new claims and calls them "false and defamatory allegations".

Assethold said: "That is simply not the case and defamatory by the judge; there was clear transparency and copious correspondence between ourselves and the leaseholders about the contractor."

He added: “Making defamatory remarks is not going to help Metro Boomin’s cause and we look forward to proving Ms. LeMaistre’s claims in court and ultimately before a jury.”

It is alleged he breached an injunction not to repeat lies about a Syrian refugee which had been previously ruled by a judge to be defamatory.