A famous man has lost his bid for a High Court injunction to prevent the publication of allegations against him – but he cannot yet be named as he can take the case to the Court of Appeal.

The man is bringing legal action against Independent Television News (ITN), which produces news programmes for ITV , Channel 4 , Good Morning Britain and Channel 5 , and Guardian News and Media (GNM), publisher of The Guardian .

During a two-day trial in late October, the High Court in London was told by lawyers for the media organisations that the allegations they want to report involve the well-known man’s alleged “abuse of power and status” to contact young women and try to engage in “inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities”.

The man, who denies the claims, sought an injunction to prevent this broadcast and publication because of a risk that he would take his own life, following two previous suicide attempts.

Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed the injunction bid in a judgement on Thursday.…