Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club PLC has filed a lawsuit against sports journalist Wisdom Osei Bonsu, popularly known as Darling Boy Pierro, and Kumasi-based Ezra TV/Radio Station, demanding GHS200,000 in general damages for alleged defamation.
The suit, filed at the High Court in Kumasi, also seeks aggravated damages for what the club describes as malice and repeated publication of defamatory statements.
Hearts of Oak further requests a court order compelling the defendants to issue a full and unqualified apology and retraction, to be broadcast on Ezra TV/Radio and published across all online platforms of the station.
Additionally, the club is asking for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their associates from publishing any defamatory material about Hearts of Oak in the future.
