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A former colleague of Dan Wootton was tricked by the journalist and broadcaster into sending intimate pictures and an explicit video of himself, according to a case lodged at the High Court.

A hearing on Tuesday heard that Mr Wootton pretended to be a woman called Maria Joseph in online messages with the man who has brought this case, who can't be named.

In written submissions, the individual's barrister Justin Levinson told the court that Mr Wootton sent the man partially and naked photographs of a woman, as well as a video of a couple having sex, in 2010.

Mr Levinson said the man had been deceived by Mr Wootton into believing he had been exchanging messages with the woman in the images.

Mr Levinson told the court that Mr Wootton had "tricked the claimant into providing these images".