United Television, Fadda Dickson, Nana Ama Mcbrown, A-Plus, Mr. Logic have been ordered by a Tema High court to pay GH60,000 for contempt of court.
This follows a legal suit filed by the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako, better known as Chairman Wontumi. Failure to do so means they will be serving a jail term.
This comes after Counsel for and on behalf of Chairman Wontumi, Maurice Kwabena Ampaw ESQ., on the 13th of July 2022 stated in an affidavit of support to the High Court that “United Showbiz which airs on UTV, set an agenda which was heavily produced by Fadda Dickson to give Afia Schwarzenegger, the “needed platform to strengthen her case before the court and to seriously prejudice the matter before this Honourable Court.”
Afia Schwarzeneggar had alleged she had had sex with the plaintiff and dated the plaintiff for 16 months, which the plaintiff noted that it had damaged his hard-earned reputation.
The report to the court also contained a portion where one of the respondents, Kwame APlus on the same show described the writ before the court as useless.
Afia Schwar got 10 days in jail, while the other Respondents got fines of 5,000 penalty units each.
On the show, Afia is said to have said that the court case was a waste of time and insisted that she had sex with the applicant during their 16-month relationship. On the same show, she also said rude things about the applicant, Chairman Wontumi.
The other defendants took part in the discussion, even though they knew the matter was before the court. They made comments that were close to the heart of the case before the court.
The judge said that their actions hurt the case that was in front of the court and were meant to make the administration of justice look bad.
The people who don't agree should pay the applicant 5,000 cedis.
Fada Dickson, the MD of United Television, was cleared and fired because he didn't take part in the discussion.
Afia Schwar has been ordered to be caught by a judge.
Source: wontumionline/happyghana