Liberace_v_Daily_Mirror
Liberace v Daily Mirror
1959 English libel case
Liberace v Daily Mirror is a 1959 English legal case in which the American entertainer Liberace sued the Daily Mirror columnist William Connor for libel after Connor, who while writing under the pen name Cassandra,[1] published an article strongly hinting that he was a homosexual. At the time homosexual sex was illegal in the United Kingdom.[2] Liberace was successful in the action and was awarded £8,000.[3] The award, equivalent to £198,000 in 2021, was the largest libel settlement for any case in British legal history to that date.[4] The Argus has described the case as "one of the most sensational libel trials of the century".[1]