United Kingdom, Sept. 2 -- JK Rowling and Elon Musk have led the backlash against Graham Linehan's arrest over a series of social media posts about the trans community.

The Harry Potter author and Tesla-owning billionaire hit out after the 57-year-old creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday (02.09.25) after stepping off a flight from Arizona.

Graham was detained at around 1pm on Monday by five armed officers from the Metropolitan police's aviation unit on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to posts he made on X in April.

He said he was treated "like a terrorist" before being questioned about three messages on the platform.

The Met said officers later became concerned for his health an...