Browne Seeks $2.5M in Defamation Settlement After Meeting with Attorney
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he has formally instructed attorney Warren Cassel to initiate defamation proceedings against several political opponents and a media outlet, seeking a $2.5 million settlement.
In a statement posted on social media after meeting with Cassel at his office, Browne said the visit “was more than a courtesy call” and confirmed he had given “formal instructions to act on my behalf and Lady Maria Browne to sue the UPP vagabonds; Croif Emmanuel, Joan and Crusader (Progressive) Radio for defamation.”
“I have requested a settlement of $2.5M,” Browne wrote.
The Prime Minister did not specify the statements at issue but indicated the legal action would target individuals associated with the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) and the radio station.
In the same post, Browne added, “Don’t violate the Rasta Dreadman – Seen!!”
The announcement comes amid heightened political tensions, with public exchanges between government officials and opposition figures increasingly playing out across social media and radio platforms.
There was no immediate response from the individuals or entities named in Browne’s statement.
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Wait a Comical Trump he name now?? Sue what, give me a break.
Should read instead like this, forget the salutations to the name.of the he prime minister: and read as Gaston the gangster is operationalizing his state capture mechanism to silence the citizenry, that is the state capture of the judiciary and all civil servants including the police and army.
With such tight control or state capture it is expected he will cement himself on power as he destroy the country’s finances and land resources.
But the same civil servants could face future investigation and prosecution once Gaston is removed from office as Leroy king did. The people of Antigua and Barbuda is scared and the opposition with all it’s legally trained people has not shown the people the way to fight Gaston by saying public what ill Gaston is doing with choice words that avert legal implications.
Go ahead for now Gaston, power is like ice in the sun, it will eventually leave you.
I am utterly convinced he either very broke, which he can’t be or hasn’t reached the 1 billion in personal assets why he comes up with this crap!!! Or he simply is a sheep following the great US LEADER. Why not look to get back Antigua in good stead instead of being a proper idiot about everything???