Stephen Fry sues tech conference for up to £100,000 after falling off stage

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Ian Youngs, culture reporter and

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Sir Stephen Fry has sued the organisers of a tech conference where he was injured when he fell off the stage after making a speech.

The broadcaster and author said he broke his leg, hip, pelvis and a "bunch of ribs" at the CogX convention at the O2 arena in London after giving the keynote address in September 2023.

Sir Stephen, 68, has now filed a personal injury claim against CogX Festival Ltd and creative agency Blonstein Events Ltd, seeking up to £100,000 damages.

"I did my bow after delivering this lecture, turned to go off stage and didn't realise that I was walking off the part of the stage where there was nothing - just a 6ft drop on to concrete," he told Claudia Winkleman's BBC Radio 2 show in December 2023.

"So I broke my right leg in a couple of places and my hip and pelvis in four places and a bunch of ribs."

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