Women’s rights activist could be sued for saying trans GP ‘liked examining women closely without their consent’ after police launched ‘Kafkaesque’ investigation into social media post

A women’s rights campaigner faced possible investigation after claiming on social media last year that a transgender GP ‘enjoyed closely examining female patients without their consent’.

Maya Forstater, chief executive of the charity Sex Matters, confirmed to MailOnline that the police file was currently being assessed by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The 51-year-old was first notified that he was under investigation by the Metropolitan Police for malicious communications for tweeting an allegation about a transgender GP to X (formerly Twitter) in August 2023.

The former GP has previously said that after the switch, patients allowed him to do ‘more detailed examinations that they wouldn’t allow me to do when I was a male GP’.

He could face prosecution by the CPS for the offence, following what Mr Forstater called a ‘Kafkaesque’ police investigation.

Maya Forstater (pictured), 51, chair of the charity Sex Matters, said the police file was now being assessed by the Crown Prosecution Service for the offense of malicious communication.

Ms Forstater (pictured) was first contacted by police last August and was informed she was under investigation for offending.

Ms Forstater was first contacted by officers two months after her tweet in June 2023 and was invited to a voluntary meeting with the force to share her version of the incident.

He claimed the Met Police warned him that he would be arrested unless he voluntarily attended a police interview.

Ms Forstater claims she was given no details of the allegation, other than that it related to a post allegedly targeting someone in the transgender community.

He was later questioned under caution at Charing Cross police station in September 2023, where he discovered the allegation relating to a tweet he had made about a transgender GP.

In August this year it was confirmed to Ms Forstater that her police file had been forwarded to the CPS, but she claims it has not been updated since then.

When contacted by MailOnline, Ms Forstater claimed her right to freedom of expression, claiming she had been ‘discriminated against’ by police over her tweet.

‘I’m just one of those caught in this situation. “They (police) must catch the criminals before they hurt sentiments,” he said on Twitter.

‘This is part of a pattern of police going after people who express gender-critical views,’ he added.

‘I wrote a tweet and someone was offended by it; I hate to think of police resources being wasted on social media posts.

‘If there is any sense in the world, the CPS will see that there is no crime here.

‘This is a gross violation of my freedom of expression and the freedom of expression of anyone who wishes to tell any truth.’

He said it before Telegram: ‘When I express my views publicly, I do not do so with the intention of upsetting or worrying those who disagree with me.’

Ms Forstater contacted Allison Pearson (pictured) after the journalist was accused of inciting racial hatred on social media in 2023

Ms Pearson (photo taken in 2011) said she was ‘shocked’ when police turned up on her doorstep on Remembrance Sunday

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‘I am expressing my views because they are important to me and I think they are a legitimate contribution to ongoing political debates.

‘People who see my tweets may be offended or upset, or they may prefer me not to say them.

‘In a democratic society you have no right not to be offended or to use the powers of the state to destroy the rights of others for the sake of your own political aims.

‘Nothing I have tweeted comes close to meeting the criteria of being so patently inappropriate, grossly offensive, threatening or factually inaccurate that my intentions in writing it should be investigated.’

Ms. Forstater’s experience encouraged her to reach out to journalist Allison Pearson, 64, who was informed on Remembrance Sunday that she was under investigation for a post she made on the platform more than a year ago.

Allison Pearson, 64, claimed two Essex Police officers showed up at her door at 9.40am on Remembrance Sunday and informed her that she was being investigated for a post she made on X a year ago.

The writer said he was still in his robe when an officer at the door said, “I’ve been accused of a non-criminal hate incident.”

‘It was about something I posted on X a year ago. A year ago? Yes. ‘Apparently fueling racial hatred’.

Ms Forstater told MailOnline: ‘When I saw her story there were so many parallels in her experiences.

‘They couldn’t tell him who the tweet was from. They mentioned the victim as if that proved that a crime had already been committed.

‘The only difference is they didn’t come to my door, they sent me an email.’

He described his experience with the police as ‘terrible’ and explained that he felt he was being questioned by a political organisation, not the police.

A spokesperson for the Met Police said: ‘An allegation of malicious communication was reported to police in June 2023 in relation to posts on social media.

‘Many inspections have been carried out by our officers, and the investigations continue. This includes contact with CPS.

‘Whilst it is right that we carry out a full investigation, we know how long this has taken so far and the impact this will undoubtedly have on all parties.’

MailOnline has approached the CPS for comment.