Football's Joey Barton insists he will serve time in prison if necessary over his controversial tweets about the John Terry race case.
The Queens Park Rangers captain stunned fans on Twitter by unleashing some strong views about the incident which led to the Chelsea defender being accused of using racist language against Anton Ferdinand.
The tweets could land 29-year-old Barton in trouble with the law for contempt of court - an offence punishable by two years in jail.
But Joey, who served two months of a six-month prison term for assault in 2008, is unrepentant about his messages.
Returning to the microblogging site on Sunday, he declared: "I will gladly go to jail for a month in the name of free speech.
"I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr. What are they going to do, put everyone who exercises freedom of speech in jail?
There'll be a revolution if they try that s**t. The hypocrisy of the situation is borderline preposterous."
His girlfriend Georgia McNeil then waded into the row, stating: "Absolutely rediculous (sic) what's in today's news, are they gonna prosecute everyone on Twitter who has an opinion? I think not! Outrageous!"
Chelsea star John Terry denies he made racist comments towards Anton, who plays alongside Joey at QPR, and his lawyers entered a not guilty plea on the star's behalf at a court in London last Wednesday. He will stand trial in July and on Friday he was stripped of his England captain's armband.