Ken Agyapong ends his maligning body of evidence against Kevin Taylor
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has intentionally ceased his $9.5m maligning suit against Kevin Taylor, a US-based Ghanaian columnist.
In reports shared by With All Due Respect (@cdzas) on Twitter, it showed that the MP, composing through his attorneys to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, expressed his lack of engagement in seeking after the case any more.
"That's what kindly pay heed, offended party, Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong ("Plaintiff"), by and through his undersigned counsel, as per Rules 41(a)(1)(A)(i) and 41(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, thus deliberately excuses Defendants, Mr. Kevin Taylor and Loud Silence Media LLC (on the whole, "Litigants"), in this activity without bias.
"At the hour of recording of this Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice, Defendants in this activity have not documented, or generally served, a response or movement for synopsis judgment. Offended party has not recently excused any government - or state-court activity in view of or including a similar case," the record dated May 20, 2022, said.
In March 2022, GhanaWeb revealed that a criticism suit by the Member of Parliament for Assin Central against US-based Ghanaian writer Kevin Taylor, and his media organization, Loud Silence Media, had been excused by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By the court, Kennedy Agyapong had neglected to genuinely demonstrate that the remarks made by Mr Taylor were slanderous; consequently the case was tossed out, citinewsroom.com said in a report.
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, had recorded a fifteen-page suit against Kevin Taylor and Loud Silence Media over what he depicted as a progression of "bogus and slanderous explanations in a progression of recordings and an email distributed by Defendants by means of Facebook, YouTube, and other online entertainment stages about Plaintiff."
In his suit, Kennedy Agyapong was looking for seven reliefs from the Virginia court, including an order denying Kevin Taylor and his association from posting on any news source any further disparaging comments and a conciliatory sentiment from the last option.
Yet, the managing judge, Honorable Liam O'Grady, in his decision, recommended that Mr. Agyapong had no reason for requesting US$9.5 million in punitive fees.
He has, notwithstanding, been allowed a 60-day window to pursue the judgment on the off chance that he wishes.
"It is undisputed that Agyapong is a person of note and Taylor's assertions were made with respect to issues of public concern. The Amended Complaint argues no verifiable material that exhibits Taylor's contested assertions were distributed with real malevolence.
"Subsequently, Agyapong has not sufficiently argue a significant case. Further, the Amended Complaint doesn't conceivably express a case under the Virginia Computer Crimes Act. Hence, the Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint (Dkt. 13) is GRANTED and the above inscribed common activity is DISMISSED. The Plaintiff has 60 days to document a Second Amended Complaint assuming that recording would meet the necessities examined in a specific order," the suit said.
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