KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former authorities minister Matthew Samuda has filed a defamation lawsuit towards an official of the primary opposition Folks’s Nationwide Social gathering (PNP).
The lawsuit has been filed towards Ryan Simpson, the PNP caretaker for the St Ann North East constituency.
Samuda, who resigned his place to contest the September 30 by-election within the constituency, is in search of damages, together with aggravated damages, curiosity, prices, and some other reduction the court docket deems match towards the PNP’s candidate following a video posted on social media platforms together with TikTok and Instagram on July 21 and 27.
“The defendant intentionally revealed or prompted to be revealed the mentioned defamatory statements to trigger hurt to the repute of the Claimant, notably in circumstances the place each the Claimant and Defendant are political opponents within the constituency of North East St Ann,” in response to the lawsuit that was filed within the Supreme Courtroom on Tuesday by the regulation agency Nunes, Scholefield, DeLeon & Co.
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