Natalie Fort sues Ghanacelebrities.com, Ghanaweb and five other news portals for defamation
Media General’s Natalie Forte has filed a defamation suit against seven news portals for alleging that she was pregnant for four married men.
The online portals in their various publications according to the TV3 news presenter in her writ alleged that she was pregnant for four married men including an NPP politician and that was why she had taken a leave of absence.
The writ of summons issued on September 4, 2019 from an Accra High Court is an action taken in response to a defamatory publication published on July 15, 2019 by GhanaCelebrities website.
In the defamation suit, Natalie Fort is asking that the court restrains the online portals from further publishing the defamatory words.
She is also seeking an order for the removal or deletion of the defamatory content, and any other relief the court may seem fit.
Ms Fort is seeking damages, including special, aggravated and exemplary damages for libel, an instruction restraining the portals from further publishing the defamatory words, an order for the removal or deletion of the defamatory content, and any other relief as the Justice of the case may seem fit.
The five others cited are YenGhana, GH Page, GhanaSlayers, NetbuzzAfrica and PeaceFM Online.