Ex-wife obtains injunction against book to protect son

Book by well-known performing artist who cannot be named is based on his own experiences of childhood sexual abuse

A British performing artist has been forced to shelve a book based on his experiences of childhood sexual abuse after his ex-wife obtained an injunction to prevent their young son from reading it.

In a case that is alarming freedom of speech campaigners and which publishers say is deeply disturbing, the court of appeal has ordered that the artist cannot publish key sections of the book until the issue has been decided at trial.

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