00:00On January 6, 2020, the Express newspaper ran a story with an alleged exchange of text
00:07messages between Prime Minister Rawley and Fixin TNT's Kirk Waithe.
00:12According to court documents, the story included the words, thievery of many UNC operatives
00:18and the questions Munilal and Jalene have to answer.
00:24MP Dr. Rudal Munilal took offence and filed a defamation lawsuit against the Prime Minister,
00:31the Express and its Editor-in-Chief, Omer T. Lida.
00:35Court documents say Dr. Munilal claimed two sentences which the Prime Minister saw fit
00:40to publish to Waithe and which the paper saw fit to publish were defamatory of him, Dr.
00:47Munilal.
00:48The defendant said Dr. Munilal failed to establish that the defamatory statements were spoken
00:52of and concerning him, and that the words are incapable of being understood in the manner
00:59contended.
01:01In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, Justice Carol Gobbin said the case was based on two
01:06sentences, neither of which standing alone can be understood as defamatory, and that
01:12no sequencing could make the two separate sentences produce a different result.
01:18She dismissed the case with costs and said she believes it should be costs on the prescribed
01:23scale, but she'll give the party seven days to indicate any other view.
01:29Anselm Gibbs, TV6 News.
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