Anas' $18 million defamation award against Ken Agyapong is reduced to $500 by a US court.

The jury's verdict that Agyapong had actually defamed Anas was upheld by the court, who lowered the damages to $500 and called the monetary settlement "excessive." Anas discussed the court's ruling, saying that justice and truth were more important in this case than money. "The judgment, not the award, is our victory," Anas said. As I have said before, it is crucial to emphasize that this battle has been for justice and truth rather than money. "I am pleased that after Kennedy Agyapong had a full chance to provide evidence, not a single accusation was proven against me in court." "I will continue to name, shame, and imprison in my unrelenting fight against corruption," he continued.

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas won $18 million from a Superior Court in New Jersey for his defamation lawsuit against social media pundit Frederick Asamoah and former lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong. Following a legal struggle over alleged defamatory remarks made by Kennedy Agyapong in a 2021 interview, the court rendered its decision. On May 17, 2022, Anas filed the complaint against Kennedy Agyapong and Frederick Asamoah at the Essex County Superior Court. He charged them with making a detrimental and untrue allegation on an episode of "The Daddy Fred Show." During the presentation, Kennedy Agyapong made a number of untrue statements, such as calling Anas a thief, a criminal, and the person who killed investigative journalist Ahmed Suale.

Following Kennedy Agyapong's remarks, Ahmed Suale was tragically shot and died in a ride-by shooting close to his home in Madina, a suburb of the capital, Accra. Ahmed, 31, is thought to have been slain because of the investigative work he conducted with Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Tiger Eye PI team. The US victory for investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas follows the March 15 dismissal of Anas's GH¢25 million defamation lawsuit against Kennedy Agyapong by the Ghanaian Accra High Court. By screening the documentary "Who Watches the Watchman," Anas Aremeyaw Anas failed to prove that Ken Agyapong had defamed him, according to the judge, Justice Eric Baah. The judge went on to say that the documentary revealed dubious transactions in which Anas and his colleagues were involved.

According to the Accra High Court, Anas was doing "investigative terrorism" rather than investigative journalism, and Mr. Agyapong was justified in labeling Anas "a blackmailer, corrupt, an extortionist, and evil."

Source: YawaNews