“This is how you treat with Trans Mob” – Riley Gaines supports Graham Linehan when he arrives at the court bearing an “anti -trans” board after the arrest

The swimmer who became a activist Riley Gaines showed support for the actor Graham Linehan, who appeared before the Westminster magistrate court to have tried for allegedly harassed the transgender activist Sophia Brooks on social networks and damaged his mobile phone. Linehan arrived in the court with a sandwich style panel that was reading on one side: “There is nothing like a” transgender child “and on the other,” keep men out of female sports “.

Graham Linehan, the Irish writer known to create sitcoms like Father Ted and the IT crowd, was already arrested on September 1, 2025 at London Heathrow airport. He was arrested by five armed officers under the law on public order. The arrest came from three positions on X compared to trans people. After his arrest, Linehan was released on bond with the condition he refrains from publishing on X.

Then, on Thursday, September 4, 2025, Linehan appeared at the Westminster magistrate court, faced with the trial for having allegedly harassed a transgender activist on social networks. The posts, carried out between October 11 and 27, 2024, were described by the accusation as “oppressive” and “vindictive”.

When he arrived by wearing the sandwich style panel, Riley Gaines tweeted in support of the actor when she wrote:

“This is how Graham Linehan presents himself at a trial in the United Kingdom only a few days after being arrested at London airport for having published” offensive tweets “. This is how you treat with the Mob. Double. We encourage you to @Glinner.”

The arrest concerning his online publications on transgender people has aroused the counterpouil of certain public and politicians, which raised questions about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom. Linehan has since announced her intention to continue the metropolitan police for unjustified arrest and an imprisonment.

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Riley Gaines previously showed his support for Graham Linehan

Riley Gaines was frank on his position against the inclusion of transgender athletes in female sports. She has become a leading voice on the issue since 2022, after her tie for fifth place in the 200 free yards event at the NCAA swimming and diving championships with the transgender athlete Lia Thomas.

Ducts also posted on X the day after Linehan’s arrest:

“I stand with @Glinner. Tell the truth without excuses. “

According to several reports, the first of the three messages leading to the arrest of Linehan read:

“If a trans-identified man is in a space reserved for women, he commits a violent and abusive act. Call the cops and if everything else fails, hit him in the balls”

Another was an image of a manifestation of transformations of transformations with legend:

“A photo you can feel.”

“I hate them. Misogynous and homophobic.

Meanwhile, Riley Gaines has already been involved in a public spam with the Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who criticized sheaths to make fun of a transgender softball player and distinguish individual athletes.