Milo Yiannopoulos claims publisher leaked edits to humiliate him

Political provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos accused Simon & Schuster of humiliating him by disclosing embarrassing editorial notes — while refusing to hand over documents he needs to prove for canceling his book deal.

“They’re, on the one hand, filing publicly and then leaking to the press documents intended to ridicule and demean me,” Yiannopoulos said outside Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday.

Last month Simon and Schuster filed a marked-up manuscript of Yiannopoulos’ “Dangerous.” His former editor eviscerates his work and schools the writer on his claim that the Cold War ended when America landed on the moon.

The ex-Breitbart writer and college dropout is representing himself in court after firing his attorneys over an “irreconcilable breakdown over strategy” about how to obtain confidential documents from the publisher.

“They’re abusing the process of designating those documents,” he said, referring to Simon & Schuster’s internal communications.

Yiannopoulos, 33, told the judge he didn’t want to pay lawyers to fight over the information.

“I don’t want to spend half million grinding through that process rather than doing it myself,” said Yiannopoulos, who came to court toting a Gucci briefcase and matching backpack.

He told Justice Barry Ostrager that the documents were “absolutely essential for me to properly assess my own case.”

The judge disagreed saying they contained “proprietary financial information.”

“Those documents frankly have nothing whatsoever to do with the substantive merits of your case,” Ostrager said.

Simon & Schuster’s attorney Elizabeth McNamara has accused Yiannopoulos of canning his legal team and representing himself so he can see the files, which have been designated “for attorneys’ eyes only.”

McNamara said in court papers that Yiannopoulos wants to use the information to boost the publishing company he founded after Simon & Schuster dumped him for remarks that seemingly condoned pedophilia.

He insists the documents are relevant because his name is mentioned in them.

The judge said the matter should be discussed at a future proceeding.