According
to a report, famed actor, Van Vicker has decided to drag online portal to court for
slander.
Van’s
decision to go to court was necessitated by a publication on the website weeks
ago, which stated that the actor had contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia when he went
there to shoot the movie, ‘Bendu Sudan’. The story also added that, Ghana’s
Foreign Ministry had barred the actor from returning to Ghana.
The
lawyer for the actor, Egbert Fabille (same lawyer for Charterhouse, in
their case against Shatta Wale) is said to have concluded the lawsuit
and ready to serve the CEO/Publisher of the website, Paa Kwasi Boakye with the
writ.
The
actor confirmed to Razz Newspaper that, since he made his
intentions open about suing the website, he’s had calls from many media
persons, pleading for him to drop the case – but he is determined to see the
case through in court.
He
said that, the
level of unprofessionalism in the field is becoming unbearable and his
pursuance of the case in court may serve as a deterrent to others in the field.
According
to the actor, he has been a victim of many false stories over the
years but he always let them go but this time, he will tackle the matter to its
legal conclusion.
He
recalled that
during the said publication, he was out of the country but when his children
went to school, they went through some trauma. “People were telling them all
sorts of stories and this time too I am afraid they are going to go to school
and their friends will probably be keeping their distance from my kids because
there is the possibility that they are also infected,” he
explained.
However,
the CEO of the website that published the said story, Paa
Kwasi Boakye, has
stated that the
story has already been taken down from the website, although the story was a
satirical piece which is meant for entertainment purposes only. The intent of
such articles, according to him, is to mimic situations that make the headlines
in daily news.
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