Asamoah Gyan loses case in court; ordered to pay GHS1 million for malicious prosecution

The High Court has ordered former Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan, to pay GHS1,000,000 to Ghanaian journalist Anthony Sarfo.

This is after the Black Stars legend lost in a lawsuit filed against him for malicious prosecution.

The journalist was prosecuted for conspiracy to extort money from the former Sunderland Striker and his manager Samuel Anim Addo in 2015.

After four years, he was acquitted and discharged on March 20, 2019.

Anthony Sarfo filed a GHS1 million lawsuit against Asamoah Gyan and his manager in his search for justice.

At the end of a legal battle, the court ruled in favour of the journalist and ordered Asamoah Gyan to pay the GHS1 million.

Reacting to his win in court, Anthony Sarfo told journalists, “I just won my GHS1 million malicious prosecution suit against former Ghana Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, and his manager. It has been a gutsy-8-year criminal and civil legal battle. Time vindicates me, so here I am.”

He continued, “It’s a pyrrhic victory, but nothing nobler than facing your accuser mano-a-mano, clearing your name, and compensation ruled in your favour for damages suffered.

“With malice, they sullied my image with unfettered, ill-themed allegations – and subjected me to public animus. In the end…there’s no harvest justification. To all who have in one way or the other been accused falsely before, you can relate, let’s ride on the crest of a new wave together.”