Renowned investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has hailed his recent legal triumph in the United States as a decisive victory for press freedom and accountability.
On Monday, an eight-member jury at the Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey ruled unanimously in favor of Anas, finding former Ghanaian Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong liable for defamation and awarding damages of 18 million U.S.
dollars.
The case stemmed from defamatory statements Agyapong made following the airing of the BBC documentary Betraying the Game on October 28, 2018.
