Nottingham Forest sues Crystal Palace

Greek Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has filed a lawsuit against Crystal Palace over a banner displayed by the London club’s fans, which depicted him aiming a gun at the head of midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, according to reports published on Monday.

Marinakis’s legal team lodged a defamation claim against Palace and “unknown persons” with the High Court in London on Monday, roughly a year after the banner was unfurled during an English Premier League match that ended in a 1-1 draw between the two sides at Selhurst Park.

The banner featured the text alongside the image: “Mr. Marinakis is not involved in blackmail, match-fixing, drug trafficking, or corruption.”

In November 2025, the English Football League charged Palace with failing to ensure that fans did not behave in an improper, offensive, insulting, or provocative manner, and the club was subsequently fined £50,000 ($67,000).