LAURENCE Fox has been charged with a sexual offence after allegedly sharing an upskirting photo of TV star Narinder Kaur.
The disgraced actor and failed politician, 46, is accused of re-posting the image on his X account in April 2024.
It allegedly came after Fox and former Big Brother star Narinder had engaged in an online spat over politics.
Fox has now been charged under Section 66A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and will appear in court next month.
The charge makes it an offence to intentionally share a sexual image of someone without consent, with the aim of causing alarm, distress, humiliation, or for sexual gratification.
If convicted, he faces up to two years in prison and could be placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
The picture was originally taken in 2009 as Good Morning Britain panellist Narinder was climbing out of a taxi.
It was captured without her knowledge or consent.
Narinder, 52, reported the post to police when it was shared – triggering an 11-month investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
Speaking previously about the impact of the incident, the married mother-of two-said she felt "violated, humiliated and degraded."
Fox, who shares two children with actress and singer Billie Piper, has not yet commented publicly on the charge.
He has repeatedly sparked backlash for his incendiary views on race, gender, and COVID-19, and was sacked from GB News in 2023 after making sexist remarks about a female journalist live on air.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "A man has been charged with a sexual offence following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
"Laurence Fox, 46, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 24 April charged with an offence contrary to section 66A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
"The charge relates to an image that was posted on a social media platform in April 2024."
Laurence Fox was contacted for comment.
FAILED CAREER
It 2019, Fox began to move from his acting work — where he is best known for detective series Lewis — to sharing controversial views online.
He has blamed YouTube videos for "totally radicalising" him against "woke culture" and "political correctness".
Then, against the Covid vaccine, Fox used his platform to question the science — often appearing at anti-lockdown marches and wearing a badge stating: "No vaccine needed. I have an immune system".
In 2020, he also called a fellow panellist on BBC's Question Time "racist" for branding him a "white privileged male" in a debate over Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
Fox has also failed in the political sphere, after clashing with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, he tried to run for the job himself under his own political group, the Reclaim Party.
However, he lost his £10,000 deposit after only managing to pull in 47,000 votes in 2021.
And in September 2023 he was sacked from GB News for breaking broadcasting rules with his "misogynistic" comments, when he called female journalist Ava Evans "pathetic" and asked: "Who'd want to s**g that?"
BITTER SPLIT
Actress Billie Piper spoke out for the first time last year about her divisive ex-husband Fox, saying: "Divorce speaks for itself."
The 41-year-old former popstar said: "Of course I have feelings on that, I'm not dead inside.
"I try to keep people from telling me stuff but it's really, really hard.
"I don't read it but everyone wants to talk about it.
"Sometimes I have to say to people: 'Please don't bring this to me, now or ever.'"
Former pop star Billie married Fox in December 2007 and they have two sons, now aged 11 and 15.
But the couple separated in March 2016, with their divorce finalised two months later.
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