Morrissey says he is pursuing legal action against people he believes are impersonating him online. According to a post shared on his website, his team has identified nine individuals who are allegedly masquerading as Morrissey and are “operating on behalf of various political groups.” The accounts, the post says, are part of what Morrissey describes as a “decades-long campaign of fraud, disinformation, and defamation,” which he says has tried to link him to political causes.
Multiple outlets report that the update describes one of the alleged impersonators as having “connections to an ex-member of The Smiths,” though the sources do not provide further identifying details in the material reviewed. Morrissey’s message characterizes the alleged online identity fraud as exceptionally serious and frames the planned legal step as a response to the harm he claims these impersonations have caused to his public status.
The reports are based on Morrissey’s own statements and his website update, without independent verification of the identities or affiliations of the alleged impersonators.
