Monrovia - The standard bearer and political leader of the Movement for Progressive Change Simeon Freeman has been sued for US$1 million in damages by the Deepening Democracy Coalition (DDC), organizers of the just ended Presidential debate. The damages action which was collectively filed by Liberia Media Center (LMC), Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP), Center for Transparency and Accountability of Liberia (CENTAL), Liberia Women Media Action Committee (LIWOMAC) who are all members of the DDC. According to the complaint against Freeman, he caused to be published by media outlets an allegation that organizers of the Presidential debate attempted extorting US$10,000 from him to allow his participation. The damages for libel suit, according to the complaint, states that he allegedly assassinated the character of the organization and its organizers. Freeman was challenged by the group to produce evidence of the extortion and his ‘failure’ thereof led the instituting of the libel suit.

Source: Front Page Africa September 29, 2017 03:11 UTC