Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has said his fight with Kennedy Agyapong, the former Member of Parliament for Assin Central has not been about the money, but, a fight for truth and justice.
In his immediate reaction and confirming that the US$18 million damage awarded against Kennedy Agyapong, in the defamation suit in the United States of America (USA) has been reduced to $500, Anas said he was happy that not a single allegation was proven against him in court when Kennedy Agyapong was given full opportunity to substantiate.
“I will continue in my relentless fight against corruption – and in doing that, continue to name, shame, and jail, ” he said in a press statement dated May 11, 2025.
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Anas Aremeyaw Anas in March 2025 secured a legal victory against Kennedy Agyapong, after a jury in the Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey found Agyapong liable for defamation.
The court awarded Anas a multi-million dollar settlement for the defamation.
Mr Kennedy Agyapong however filed a motion for remittitur, asking the judge to reduce the amount awarded against him [Ken].
The trial judge granted Kennedy Agyapong’s motion for remittitur and reduced the initial award from US$18million to $500.
Anas indicated that meant that, while the judge held that Kennedy Agyapong had defamed him, in his reasoning, the award against Kennedy Agyapong by the jury was “excessive”.
Anas said many avenues of redemption accrue to him but, it was important to state, “as I previously did, that, this fight has not been about the money, but rather, a fight for truth and justice.”
Anas described the ruling as more than just a personal victory, calling it a decisive message to Ghanaian politicians that the media cannot be taken for granted.
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