Morrissey is back in the headlines. And this time, he’s not canceling a tour or making a statement that makes his PR team cry into their teacups. No, this time, he’s lawyering up. We’re talking about actual legal action.
First off, he’s not suing the tabloids this time, or even PETA for not being militant enough. He’s going after an individual troll. A one-person disinformation campaign allegedly operating out of the UK, who Morrissey claims has been waging a “decades-long” personal vendetta against him online.
Music Business Worldwide obtained a cease-and-desist letter dated March 31, 2025, as reported on April 3rd, and it reveals Morrissey has hired law firm Levy & McRae to take action against an individual based in UK, who is accused of posting “distressing, harmful and libellous” content about the artist over multiple social media accounts.
The letter addressed to the individual, accuses them of publishing “an enormous amount of material about our client on an almost daily basis and, in turn, multiple times per day”. Additionally, the individual allegedly “left and/or posted written notes at and to” Morrissey’s home, these actions are claimed to have been captured on CCTV.
The firm clarified that the matter has already been reported to the police.
The letter read, describing Morrissey as “a pacifist, apolitical” person who has “never joined a political party or voted”. The narrative of your posts almost exclusively relates to ‘far right’ politics, and in particular, those politics which are the antithesis of our client and what he has always stood for and represented.”
The letter also accused the alleged perpetrator of extending the accusations of far-right sympathies towards Morrissey’s family members. The letter continued:
“You are creating and perpetuating a harmful global narrative that is inaccurate, defamatory and has driven the media to repeat these falsehoods.”
when you’ve got Smiths fans still making pilgrimages to random streets in Liverpool like it’s musical Mecca, the stakes are real.
Say what you want about him, but Morrissey’s fans aren’t casual. This lawsuit says a lot about the era we’re living in. The internet troll has become the final boss of fame. It’s not the critics anymore. It’s not the label execs. It’s not even the press. It’s that one guy with 43 burner accounts and way too much free time.
