Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has announced plans to sue the United States-based law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner for exemplary damages, alleging the firm made defamatory statements regarding his involvement in the Alfa Nero superyacht matter.
Browne told State Media that instead of complying with a pre-action request issued in late November by his legal team at Rika Bird & Associates, the firm committed “a further act of defamation,” prompting his decision to escalate the matter to the courts.
The Prime Minister also confirmed that legal proceedings will be initiated against former United Progressive Party (UPP) political leader Harold Lovell, whom he accuses of repeating the disputed allegations in public forums.
Rika Bird & Associates say multiple statements made by attorney Martin DeLuca — who represents Russian national Yulia Guryeva Motlokhov in a disclosure application — were “highly defamatory” and harmful to the reputation of the Prime Minister. These remarks were subsequently carried by international and local media, including the Associated Press, the Antigua Observer and Antigua News Room.
The Alfa Nero has been at the centre of ongoing legal and political controversy following its seizure and government-managed sale earlier this year.
Let’s see what ban will be next after this ome
Wait he have ti.e on his hand
Well every man have a right to defend themselves
It’s your right to clear your name. Do what you must
Everytime we take action or say we are taking action it brings the matter up all over again
Well is PM suing. They suing PM everybody suing!