A UK-based Lawyer, Kofi Opare Hagan has shared more light on why former Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan was slapped GH¢1 million in damages over a malicious prosecution.
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Dr Ernest Owusu-Dapaa on Friday, December 8, 2023 slapped Asamoah Gyan with a total sum of GH¢1,071,000 to be paid to Anthony Osarfo, a popular Entertainment Journalist.
The court entered judgment in the sum of GH¢900,000 in damages to the plaintiff.
The court, additionally, awarded the plaintiff GH¢111,000 for 111 months that he lost his job, which was paying him GH¢1,000 at the time. A cost of GH¢60,000 was also awarded against Asamoah Gyan and his manager, bringing the total to GH¢1,071,000 against the defendants (Asamoah Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo).
Reacting to the judgment on his Facebook wall, the outspoken lawyer wrote “ A journalists starts publishing stories that Asamoah Gyan has raped Sarah Kwablah. Asamoah Gyan then offers to pay the journalist money to stop the publications.
His manager meets with the journalist ostensibly to pay him the money. The manager however goes along with the Police who arrest the journalist and charge him with extortion.
The charge isn’t based on any proper investigations but what they had been told by Asamoah Gyan and their manager. Beyond that, the manager faithfully attends the trial and gives evidence against the journalist. It is later found out his evidence was false. Asamoah Gyan and his manager therefore used the police as ‘mere robots’ to execute their own power play. This is why they were found liable for malicious prosecution”