Restraining them from insinuating plaintiff is a child molester
KWAME Mc Coy, Press Liaison to the President, is claiming $150M from three media houses, whom he has taken to Court for continued harassment.
He has been granted an injunction restraining the defendants, Prime News, Enrico Woolford of Capitol News and National Media Publishing Co. Ltd., alleging persecution and seeking injunctions and damages in a sum in excess of $150M Acting Chief Justice Mr. Ian Chang, who heard the plaintiff’s ex parte application and heard arguments from lawyers Bibi Shadick and Sase Gunraj, ordered that interim injunction be granted restraining the defendants or their servants or agents from publishing or further publishing by any means words or images which have the effect of insinuating or suggesting, that the plaintiff is involved in acts of child molestation and sexual predation on minors until the hearing and determination of a summons to continue injunction, returnable for September 29, 2009 at 13:30 h.
In his endorsement of claim, the Plaintiff is claiming damages in excess of $50M for libel on the part of each of the defendants, contained in the Sunday, 20th September , 2009, issue of the Kaieteur News, and published by the defendants on the front page and on page 11 under the caption, “Kwame Mc Coy recorded soliciting sex from schoolboy” .
According to the plaintiff, the libel in respect of Capitol News was contained in the Monday, 21st September, 2009 edition of Capitol News. It read ”Indecent proposal alleged by the Office of the President staffer”
The Plaintiff’s claim against Prime News is, ”Media liaison to the President, Kwame Mc Coy has denied that he is the person on the recording although the evidence which has been accumulated by this and other media practitioners conclude otherwise.”
In his affidavit in support, the Plaintiff says, “I have suffered irreparable and irreversible harm to my character and have been brought into disrepute as a result of the actions of the Defendants and am fearful that unless they are restrained by the Court, there is the distinct possibility that the defendants will take actions causing further damage to accrue”