Spokesperson to Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Sulemana Issifu, has expressed satisfaction over the verdict by a US court jury on the defamation suit against Kennedy Agyapong.
A jury in the US on Tuesday, March 18 ruled in favour of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, awarding him $18 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit against former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong.
The ruling, delivered by the Essex County Superior Court in the United States, follows a lawsuit Anas filed over comments made by Agyapong during a September 7, 2021, interview on The Daddy Fred Show.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s News Central, March 19, 2025, Sulemana said the jury’s verdict has cleared Anas Aremeyaw Anas of all the “lies” and claims leveled against him by Kennedy Agyapong.
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According to him, despite the evidences presented by Kennedy Agyapong to substantiate his claims including the ‘Who watches the Watchman’ documentary, the jury ruled that he was “malicious and reckless in his attacks on Ana Aremeyaw Anas.”
“For us the most important thing is Anas has been vindicated, his reputation has been restored. The lies and calumnies that were thrown at him have all been dust binned in the American court as Kennedy Agyapong failed to prove a single one of his claims when he was put in the dock.
“He brought all the evidences he had in Ghana including Who watches the watchman, the judgement delivered in Ghana to defend himself in court.
“In the US, to prove defamation, the threshold is one of the highest in the world because ethe US has much regard for Free Speech,” he asserted.
The former MP also alleged that Anas was responsible for the murder of fellow investigative journalist Ahmed Suale and the deaths of multiple Chinese nationals in Ghana.
Anas, widely known for his undercover journalism exposing corruption, argued in court that these statements severely damaged his reputation and put his life in danger.
His lawsuit in the US came after Ghana’s Supreme Court had dismissed an earlier defamation case he filed against Agyapong.
In his defense, Kennedy Agyapong claimed that his statements were made in the heat of a political dispute and were not meant to be taken literally. However, the US court sided with Anas, ruling that the statements were defamatory and awarding him $18 million in damages.
