Charly boy yesterday Tuesday filed a N1 billion naira law suit against national mirror newspaper.
According to the maverick entertainer, he sued the newspaper because it published a story that portrayed him as a gay and head of illuminati in nigeria. The case was filed in a lagos high court by his counsel ope banwo. In a press conference charly boy and counsel explained reasons why national mirror newspaper was sued
“If any publication calls Charly Boy gay, I think it’s a fair comment. He’s in the public domain, people will always speculate. But it’s wrong to out rightly report that in an interview he actually said so. That’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed”, Charly Boy’s counsel Ope Banwo explained.
Banwo said he had written to the daily newspaper demanding for an apology to be published in 4 different dailies but got no response. Chalie boy on his part explained furher.
“It is unfortunate this is happening to me. You all know me, I’m never bothered about any of this news but I’m shocked of this timid, Mongo-parkish way of thinking. I have put tenacity, focus and hardwork in the 35 years of building this brand. I think I deserve more’, charlie boy continues ‘You can’t appreciate the brand if you can’t look past the antics of the brand. You have to have depth. You can think and have your own opinion but as responsible journalists, we all should know there are rules of the game. I have nothing against people. I have gay people as friends, everybody is my friend as long as you are positive thinking”
You will recall that charly boy last month on twitter threatened to sue the media houses that published the false story.
Banwo explained that the ‘false story’ had already began denting charly boy’s image as companies working with Charly Boy were already considering disssociating their brands from his image. ‘The position at the MCSN (Music Copyright Society of Nigeria) is already being threatened’, Banwo disclosed.
Charly Boy is giving another publication Daily Independent who also published the story a week’s ultimatum to publish an apology.
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