Baroness Michelle Mone, 50, settles racial abuse case and agrees to pay Richard Lynton-Jones, 42, more than £50,000 after branding the banker of Indian heritage a ‘waste of a white man’s skin’
- Tory peer Michelle Mone, 50, has paid more than £50k to a financial consultant
- The lingerie tycoon called a man of Indian heritage a ‘waste of a white man’s skin’
- Glasgow-born ‘Baroness Bra’ said she thought Richard Lynton-Jones was white
Conservative peer Michelle Mone has settled a High Court claim for racial abuse after calling a man of Indian heritage a ‘waste of a white man’s skin’.
The Mail on Sunday understands that the lingerie tycoon, who had founded the Ultimo brand which earned her the nickname Baroness Bra, has paid more than £50,000 in settling the claim brought by Monaco-based financial consultant Richard Lynton-Jones.
Lawyers for the Glasgow-born baroness said that when she made the comment in a WhatsApp message in 2019 she believed that Mr Lynton-Jones was ‘100 per cent white and British’ and that there was ‘no trace whatsoever of non-white colouring or any features’.
Conservative peer Michelle Mone (pictured) has settled a High Court claim for racial abuse after calling a man of Indian heritage a ‘waste of a white man’s skin’
Lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone, who founded the Ultimo brand which earned her the nickname Baroness Bra, has paid more than £50,000 in settling the claim brought by Monaco-based financial consultant Richard Lynton-Jones
Last year the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation and in January Mr Lynton-Jones sued her for libel.
While the criminal investigation was dropped, Lady Mone has now settled the civil claim, which stems from a row over the death of a deckhand in 2019 while Lady Mone and Mr Lynton-Jones were staying on the French Riviera.
Lady Mone was on her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman’s super-yacht, Minx, while Mr Lynton-Jones was a guest on Vision, a super-yacht chartered by British internet gaming millionaire Richard Skelhorn.
The two groups of passengers had sailed to the island of Ile Sainte-Marguerite for lunch, before rafting their yachts together, hopping on and off each other’s boats. But on the journey home, Vision accidentally ploughed into Mr Barrowman’s boat, striking and killing a British deckhand, 27-year-old Jake Feldwhere.
In a highly emotive group chat between passengers three weeks later, Lady Mone, 50, unleashed her fury on Mr Lynton-Jones.
She described him as a ‘waste of a man’s white skin’ – a phrase believed to have originated in South Africa in the 1940s.
Lady Mone also aimed her ire at Mr Lynton-Jones’s fiancee, calling her a ‘mental loony’ and ‘nut case bird’.
‘I’ve done nothing wrong apart from be a victim of racism. Racism has no place in this society, let alone for a member of the House of Lords. That’s disgusting,’ said Richard Lynton-Jones
Mr Lynton-Jones, whose mother is believed to be of Indian heritage, demanded at least £200,000 in aggravated damages from Lady Mone.
He said: ‘I’ve done nothing wrong apart from be a victim of racism. Racism has no place in this society, let alone for a member of the House of Lords. That’s disgusting.’
Lady Mone’s lawyers denied that she was racist. Her spokesman said: ‘Both parties have settled their differences on a no fault or damages basis in relation to the alleged racist claim and the matter is now concluded.’
Despite settling the case with Mr Lynton-Jones, Lady Mone remains under scrutiny. She and her husband are subject to an ongoing criminal investigation into their links to a company, PPE Medpro, which received £200 million to provide the NHS with personal protective equipment during the pandemic.
Both deny any wrongdoing.
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