Companies dispute responsibility for Stephen Fry’s stage fall

Stephen Fry is suing three companies over injuries he says he suffered in a 2023 fall at London’s O2 Arena. The companies’ court defences dispute his account of how the fall happened and who was responsible.

• Fry says he fell from a stage onto a concrete floor after a talk at the O2 Arena during the CogX festival in September 2023, sustaining leg, hip, pelvis and rib injuries.· 2 sources
• He is seeking up to £100,000 in damages from CogX Festival Limited, Blonstein Events and Sourced Global Ltd, alleging failures to make the stage and backstage area safe.· 1 source
• The companies’ defences challenge his account and assign responsibility to factors including stage visibility, his actions and whether he followed exit instructions; no hearing has taken place yet.· 1 source