Vyphuis files $20M libel suit against Benschop

Commander of ‘A‘ Division George Vyphuis has filed a $20 million lawsuit against Mark Benschop for allegedly attributing false statements to him on a website and publishing damaging information about him.

The legal action stemmed from a photograph and caption which appeared on the guyanaobservernews.org website, managed by Benschop, in addition to public statements Benschop made about Vyphuis. The Commander also took umbrage with an article published on the website.

Vyphuis and Benschop were featured in a photograph on the website in November last year and the accompanying caption had said the Commander