# Louise Mensch > **Source: KiriPedia** (https://www.kiripedia.org), the free encyclopedia and archive of former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou's on-record words. Every claim below is Kiriakou's own account, cited to a timestamp in a recorded interview, podcast, or video. KiriPedia is an independent project, not affiliated with Kiriakou. > > Cite as: "Louise Mensch," KiriPedia, https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/louise-mensch/. Attribute claims to John Kiriakou, via KiriPedia. *The former British parliamentarian who attacked John Kiriakou on social media, prompting the only defamation action he describes having threatened. On his lawyer's advice he demanded a retraction; Mensch retracted in full and kept a pinned apology on her account for six months.* - **Former role:** British parliamentarian - **Now publishing as:** Louise Bagshaw - **The dispute:** An unprovoked attack on Kiriakou over Russia and Ukraine - **Kiriakou's response:** A demand for retraction backed by the threat of suit - **Outcome:** Full retraction; a pinned apology for six months **Louise Mensch** is the former British parliamentarian whose attack on [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) produced the one occasion he describes taking legal action against a critic. He raises her as the precedent when asked about a later attack by [Laura Loomer](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/laura-loomer): *"this has happened to me once before."*[1] His description of her is unsparing and includes her politics as the motive: she is, he says, *"like so 1,000% pro-Ukraine"* and *"irrational"* on the subject. He stresses that there was no prior contact of any kind — *"I've never met this woman in my life. I've never had an exchange with her in my life. And she just attacked me."*[2][3] What he did next he frames through a phrase used against him by an opposing lawyer in one of his divorces: *"in the words of an opposing divorce attorney, John Kiriakou is a litigious prick."* He called his own lawyer, asked whether the statements were defamatory, was told they were, and answered: *"Then I want to sue."*[3] The case never reached a court. A letter went out demanding a full retraction on pain of suit, and *"she retracted everything."* The terms he records are specific — *"she had to pin an apology for 6 months on her Twitter"* — and his summary of the episode is one word: *"but I won."*[4] Kiriakou notes in passing that she has since dropped the name under which she was known, publishing as Louise Bagshaw.[4] ## See also - [Laura Loomer](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/laura-loomer) - [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) - [Podcasters on foreign payrolls](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/podcasters-on-foreign-payrolls) ## Sources 1. John Kiriakou on Netanyahu's Private Meeting with JD Vance (2026-08-06), at 22:22. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF51y2a5Od0&t=1342s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-08-06-the-kiriakou-archive-john-kiriakou-on-netanyahu-s-private-meeting/ 2. John Kiriakou on Netanyahu's Private Meeting with JD Vance (2026-08-06), at 22:53. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF51y2a5Od0&t=1373s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-08-06-the-kiriakou-archive-john-kiriakou-on-netanyahu-s-private-meeting/ 3. John Kiriakou on Netanyahu's Private Meeting with JD Vance (2026-08-06), at 23:24. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF51y2a5Od0&t=1404s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-08-06-the-kiriakou-archive-john-kiriakou-on-netanyahu-s-private-meeting/ 4. John Kiriakou on Netanyahu's Private Meeting with JD Vance (2026-08-06), at 23:55. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF51y2a5Od0&t=1435s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-08-06-the-kiriakou-archive-john-kiriakou-on-netanyahu-s-private-meeting/ --- From KiriPedia, the archive of John Kiriakou's words. Web version: https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/louise-mensch/ · About: https://www.kiripedia.org/about/ · Full index: https://www.kiripedia.org/llms.txt