Laurence Fox is being investigated by the police after the actor-turned-politician shared an upskirt photo of a female TV presenter.

The 41-year-old shared a paparazzi photograph of actress Narinder Kaur to his 492,000 X followers on Tuesday.

The picture, which was reportedly removed from photo agency archives when upskirting became a criminal offence, was deleted on Thursday.

The Metropolitan Police have now confirmed that they have “been made aware of a post on social media regarding an up-skirting offence” and are carrying out inquiries, as per The Independent.

In response to the outrage his post received, Mr Fox claimed he shared the photo because Ms Kaur had mocked right-wing commentator Leilani Dowding “for three days”.

“She can go cry victim all she wants. It’s not my fault she forgot to put her pants on, the whining cry bully hypocrite,” he said.

Before the social media post was removed, Ms Kaur said: “I know people are saying not to feel embarrassed and mortified but I am. I’m so incredibly upset that people are looking at my privates and laughing. It’s unimaginably mortifying.”

A friend of Ms Kaur told the Daily Mirror: “The fact that a standing politician like Laurence Fox would stoop to such lows is completely disgusting.

“Narinder has always been vocal about issues she cares about and while she’s endured horrendous backlash before, she never expected to become the target of such vicious attacks.

“It’s appalling that more high-profile figures, who Narinder regularly works with, haven’t spoken out in support of Narinder. But the truth is, they’re scared.”

This comes just one week after Laurence Fox was ordered to pay a total of £180,000 in damages to two people he referred to as paedophiles on social media after losing a High Court libel battle.

The actor-turned-politician was successfully sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal over a row on X.