James Billingham (and here, and here), also known as @oolon, also known as Kilgore Sprout, @TheOnlySprout and doubtless as many other socks is harassing Marion Millar, of whom I’ve written before. Again.

This is at least his second attempt to take down Marion’s crowdfunding page. His previous attempt was partially successful; Marion took down the page herself because in the confusion he helped sow, she believed that a percentage of the donations were going to a charity she felt her donors would not support. The page is now back up (donate if you can) and hopefully safe from interference.

Billingham is trying to interfere nevertheless, as reported here. He’s urging people to mob the companies providing the various payment services and bombard them with misinformation to scare them into withdrawing those accounts.

This is anti-justice and it’s anti-democratic. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and deserves the right to make the best case for their defence that they can. Nobody should interfere with that right.

Billingham is free to deplore those of us who have donated to Marion’s legal case, but he mustn’t be allowed to take away the basic services she’s using to manage those donations. If the tables were turned, I’d sincerely hope that Billingham had the means to raise money to defend himself, although I’d be disgusted at anyone who dontated.

I don’t want to waste many more words on Billingham, but be aware that he is a man without a sense of shame. There are no lengths he won’t go to or depths to which he won’t plunge to achieve what would seem to us like negligible gains. He lies like he excretes, and with much the same effect. This is all classic predatory behaviour.

If you’re disgusted by his actions too, you can report him to Twitter for targeted harassment here, using the tweets posted on Graham’s substack or many, many others in Billingham’s Twitter account. Be wary of confronting him about his behaviour, though; he’ll use any tactic to hurt you if you piss him off. His only purpose is to bully, and to bully women in particular.

This is the first time I’ve called for anyone to be suspended from Twitter. Hopefully, it’s the last. I don’t actually want Billingham removed from Twitter forever, I think that’s a cruel fate which goes against all my principles and instincts.

But I think this behaviour has to be stopped. Report him if you like, and don’t forget to donate to Marion’s defence fund if you can.

Marion has been doxxed, threatened, stalked and harassed. She has been frightened for herself, for her livelihood and for her children. This is all just sport for people like Billingham. Help put a stop to it, please.