Kumawood actor Kwadwo Nkansah has efficiently satisfied actress Martha Ankomah to settle the GH€5 million defamation lawsuit out of courtroom after agreeing on phrases of settlement.
The settlement was reached on Tuesday, twenty fifth February, following an earlier breakdown in negotiations, which was introduced in open courtroom.
In keeping with starrfm.com.gh as a part of the settlement course of, each events are required to file the agreed phrases and seem earlier than the courtroom on 1st April 2025, the place Justice Forson Baah Agyepong will undertake it as a consent judgment.
On Tuesday, twenty fifth February 2025, an preliminary proposal by Lil Win and his representatives to pay GH€150,000, which included GH€50,000 in authorized charges, was outrightly rejected. Legal professionals representing the plaintiff, Martha Ankomah, described the supply as “an eyesore.”
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We’ve been pursuing the defendant for a settlement,” counsel for Ankomah said. “My realized buddy (counsel for Lil Win) is current, and I’ve contacted her a number of occasions to achieve an settlement, however to no avail.
Rejection of Preliminary Supply
Counsel for the plaintiff revealed that it was solely on the previous Saturday that the defendant’s authorized workforce proposed a brand new supply, which was nonetheless deemed “an eyesore.”
Nii Applatu Plange, counsel for the plaintiff, said,
In our view, it isn’t a suggestion we are able to entertain additional, so we’ve returned to courtroom for the case to proceed.
The defence counsel confirmed that the statements made by the plaintiff’s authorized workforce have been largely correct however insisted that Lil Win’s supply was “cheap.”
I’m, nonetheless, stunned to listen to my realized buddy describe it as ‘an eyesore, she remarked.
Acknowledging the plaintiff’s stance, she added, “We’re on the mercy of the plaintiff and the courtroom.”
To make clear, counsel for the plaintiff additional famous,
On the final sitting, we considerably decreased our demand from GH€5 million to GH€2 million. Nonetheless, when my realized buddy referred to as, she solely proposed overlaying authorized charges and GH€100,000 for Martha to desert the case.
In keeping with him, this proposal was unacceptable and was the premise for his description of it as “an eyesore.”
Counsel for the defendant defined that
We proposed GH€100,000 for Martha and GH€50,000 for authorized charges, bringing the whole to GH€150,000.
She additional elaborated,
We’re approaching Easter, and we recognise that the damages precipitated to the plaintiff are immeasurable.
We’re doing this within the spirit of Christianity… We acknowledge that we can not put a value on Martha Ankomah’s stature and status, she pleaded in mitigation.
She additionally disclosed that “We’re proposing a considerable sum of 1.5 billion in outdated foreign money,” arguing that the supply was cheap.
Nonetheless, the plaintiff’s authorized workforce additionally raised considerations in regards to the defendant’s dealing with of a retraction and apology, which was initially rejected.
Presiding decide Justice Forson Baah Agyepong, who had earlier inspired each events to settle, remarked, “I can’t intervene any additional; I’ve suggested each events sufficiently.”
Because the plaintiff’s authorized workforce remained resolute in rejecting the GH€150,000 supply and insisted on continuing with the case, Lil Win consulted his workforce. A member of his administration whispered to his counsel, who then knowledgeable the courtroom that Lil Win was prepared to extend the supply to GH€200,000, inclusive of authorized charges.
This prompted additional discussions in open courtroom, adopted by a non-public negotiation session. After almost two hours, each events emerged to announce that they’d reached a ultimate settlement on the phrases of settlement.
Following a assessment of their schedules, each events agreed to return to courtroom on 1st April 2025 for the phrases to be formally adopted as a consent judgment.
Background
On 14th February 2024, actress Martha Ankomah filed a defamation lawsuit towards Kumawood actor Kwadwo Nkansah over allegedly derogatory feedback made about her.
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Nkansah, popularly known as Lil Win, was heard in a viral video allegedly making disparaging remarks about Ankomah’s standing within the movie trade.
In her swimsuit filed on the Excessive Court docket in Accra, Martha Ankomah sought damages amounting to GH€5 million, together with a proper apology and retraction of the statements with the identical stage of publicity.
Her claims embrace:
“Damages within the sum of GH€5 million for the defamatory statements made by the defendant.”
“Compensatory damages for hurt precipitated to the plaintiff’s status.”
“Aggravated damages for the reckless and malicious publication of the defamatory statements.”
“An order directing the defendant to publish an apology and a retraction of the defamatory phrases with the identical prominence.”
Lil Win and his authorized workforce have since entered an look in courtroom, with each events working in direction of an out-of-court settlement.
