Journalist Gordon Moseley has lost the $100 million libel suit he had filed against the Guyana Times and former Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy; after a Judge ruled that the statements complained of were fair comment and so protected by that defence.
Moseley’s claim was that Ramsammy—a columnist with the Guyana Times—made certain libelous statements about him which were then published in the newspaper.
He had sued for $100 million in damages for what he said resulted in injury to his reputation and character.
Following Justice Navindra Singh’s ruling yesterday morning, however, the journalist has now been ordered to pay costs in the sum of $500,000 each to Ramsammy and the newspaper no later than November 30th.
